In 2003, Iraqis, with help from Americans, toppled a 20-foot-tall statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square. In ...

A crowd of Iraqi civilians have vented their anger at decades of oppression by toppling a giant statue of Saddam Hussein. Just hours after US Marines swept into the eastern area of central Baghdad ...

A towering statue of Saddam Hussein was today pulled to the ground in a symbolic act against the dictator's oppressive regime. Working together in the heart of Baghdad, US marines helped crowds of ...

The toppling of a giant bronze statue in Baghdad -- despite battles raging elsewhere and some anarchy on the streets -- is being greeted as the symbolic crumbling of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's ...

A large metal statue of Lee astride his horse Traveller ... are quite different than the toppling of statues of Saddam Hussein by liberated Iraqis after the Gulf War. Different again was the ...

From London’s Daily Mail: Soldier who took buttocks from Saddam Hussein statue has charges against him dropped In fact, it was a fellow from the SAS, Britain’s special forces, and he only took ...

They were moving towards what was then known as Firdos Square, in the middle of which was an enormous statue of Iraq's President, Saddam Hussein, his right arm stretched into the sky, waving to ...

U.S. Marines try to destroy a statue of Saddam Hussein near a presidential palace in Baghdad. CNN's Martin Savidge reports. (April 10) BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) --CNN correspondent Martin Savidge is no ...

However, I felt no remorse when Nazi symbols were removed from German buildings at the end of WWII, or at the removal of the Saddam Hussein statue in Iraq. Is there a difference? Think about it.

In Firdos Square the ghost of Saddam Hussein hovers over the pedestal where a statue of him was famously pulled down. So many people here will tell you that although they may have wished for ...

This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This ...

Ali's story — one of a driven, charismatic young athlete who lived up to his claim to be "The Greatest" — took on moral ...