“All Done, Go Home”: Former Iraqi Statue Site Sends Mixed Messages

New statue replaces Saddam

A group of Iraqi artists has unveiled a sculpture to replace the statue of Saddam Hussein which was torn down by US troops and Iraqis on the day the Iraqi president lost control of Baghdad.

The new sculpture is seven metres (23 feet) high and shows a symbolic Iraqi family holding aloft a crescent moon and a sun.

The sculpture was erected in the Fardus square by a group called the Najin - the survivors, alluding to the fact that they evaded the authorities during Saddam Hussein’s rule…{{link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2951094.stm/ MORE}}

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