Gulf: There used to be a mosaic of
 President George Bush on the
 floor at the entrance to the al-Rashid
 Hotel in Baghdad. It was placed there
 soon after the first Gulf War in 1991
 and was a good likeness, though the
 artist gave Bush unnaturally jagged
 teeth and a slightly sinister grimace
 The idea was that nobody would be
 able to get into the hotel, where most foreign
 visitors to Iraq stayed in the 1990s, without
 stepping on Bush's face. The mosaic did not
 long survive the capture of the city on 9 April
 and the takeover of the al-Rashid by US
 officials and soldiers. One American officer,
 patriotically determined not to place his foot
 on Bush's features, tried to step over the
 mosaic. The distance was too great. He
 strained his groin and had to be hospitalised
 The mosaic was removed