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That photo may be AI, who knows anymore.
However, an almost identical statue was toppled by Iraqi citizens (some say with CIA encouragement). You can find the statue quickly with a "toppled saddam statue gulf war" search. The video is out there, also.
I saw it live during, this was decades before AI. It was replayed constantly during the war.