The Fall Of Baghdad, 4 Years Later

It was an unforgettable image: a lone Iraqi striking blow after blow on that towering statue of Sadaam Hussein.

"It was always my wish in life to destroy that statue," said Khadim Yabani.

And four years ago, he finally got his wish, reports CBS News' Martin Seemungal. Yabani remembers the moment as if it were yesterday.

"We were so happy," he said. "We got rid of the tyrant."

Yabani, a Sunni, became the symbol of a nation liberated.

But then a violent insurgency erupted, followed by vicious sectarian fighting between the minority Sunnis, who had ruled for so long under Saddam, and the restive Shiite majority.

The former Olympic class weightlifter remembers the days when virtually every neighborhood was safe to walk in.

His passion is motorcycles. He spends hours at his workshop. But in Baghdad there's more demand for heavily armored vehicles than Harley Davidsons.

Yabani says life for ordinary Iraqis just keeps getting worse.

"We are going into the 5th year and we are suffering from problems more than we used to suffer in Saddam's time," said Yabani.

And the battle for the future of this country, which seemed to end decisively with the fall of Saddam, is still raging.

Anniversary celebrations have taken on a dangerous edge, adds Seemungal. Muqtada al Sadr, the fiery anti-American Shiite cleric, has called on his supporters to gather tomorrow in the holy city of Najaf to demonstrate against the Americans.