KAREEM CHEHAYEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

** FILE ** The toppled statue of Saddam Hussein is seen in Firdos Square downtown Baghdad in this April 9, 2003 file photo. The statue was taken down by a US marines and Iraqis as American troops entered the capital. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay/File)

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Once everywhere, Saddam's image scrubbed from Baghdad
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB AND QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press
Sun,04/09/23-1:01AM , 176 Reads
BAGHDAD (AP) — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one Qaiss al-Sharaa most enjoys retelling is about the day April 9, 2003, when he watched Iraqis and American Marines pull down the statue of Saddam Hussein in front of his salon in Baghdad’s Firdos Square.
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