(Captain's log): Yesterday was truly an amazing day.After two days of massive combat in which we may well have inflicted thousands of casualties on the militant defenders, there was an outright collapse. When that kind of thing happens, it can be breathtakingly sudden, and we went in just 24 hours from major combat in Baghdad to people dancing in the streets.

The visual image most people have, the iconic moment that truly meant the end of the Cold War, was when the people of Berlin tore down the wall. The iconic image from the war in the Pacific was the raising of the flag on top of Mount Suribachi on Iwo, even though the battle there raged for several more weeks after that moment.

I think that the iconic image of Iraqi victory will be that yesterday of American Marines pulling down a major statue of Saddam, to the glee of the crowd that proceeded to dance on it and kick it. The war isn't over yet, but it's a key moment nonetheless.