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He was forced to fashion statues of Saddam Hussein including some that were later destroyed by U.S. military explosives. The bronze pieces of the statues were sent to Kalat and he made the memorial using a picture of a U.S. soldier, 1st Sgt. Glen Simpson, kneeling as a model.
The Iraqi man who helped destroy Saddam Hussein’s statue with a sledgehammer now wants him back 'Saddam is gone, but in his place there are 1,000 Saddams'
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U.S troops topple Saddam statue. That flag also was removed before the statue was pulled down. Earlier, tanks and other military vehicles took up positions around the square just outside the Palestine Hotel, where two journalists died Tuesday when a U.S. tank fired on the building.
The Marine whose flag was used to cover the face on the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s Firdos Square before it was toppled at the beginning of the war with Iraq, has refused to lend the memento to the Marines on the 10th anniversary—to the day—of that televised event. Former Lt. Tim McLaughlin
[On April 9 th, 2003 a group of both Iraqi civilians and U.S. military forces together toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, a hugely symbolic moment that highlights the role statues can play in our communal spaces and identities.
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In April 2002, the 12 m (39 ft) statue was erected in honor of the 65th birthday of Saddam Hussein. In the afternoon of April 9, 2003, a group of Iraqi civilians started to attack the statue. One such futile attempt by sledgehammer-wielding weightlifter Kadhem Sharif particularly caught media attention.
# 10 ~ South African War Monument, Then and Now. Perhaps one of the most outstanding military monuments in Toronto is the one on Queen Street West at University Avenue, which commemorates those who fought and died in the South African War, or Second Boer War, between 1899 and 1902.
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