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Once everywhere, Saddam's image scrubbed from Baghdad

Por: ABC News World April 09, 2023

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BAGHDAD -- Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in , 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.The 12-meter (39-foot) statue of the Iraqi dictator extending his right hand had been erected just a year earlier to celebrate his 65th birthday.“There were lots of... + full article



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