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A crowd of Iraqi men, woman and children are tying a rope around a statue of Saddam Hussein.
Watching right now to see this unfolding…
Just drill a hole in statue and put a grenade in it. I am sure no body wants to keep a head/hand/leg of the statue as souvenier.
They tried to tie the rope around the statues ankle before, but they seem to have been unhappy with that and have now looped it around the neck..... wonder what they are going to pull it with. That statue looks exceptionally heavy.
Update : They seem to be happy with the knot, they've climbed off the statue. Still can't see what they are going to pull it with.
Operation Topple Statue in progress:
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Sort of reminds one of the Berlin Wall being beaten to bits....
The iraqis couldn't pull it down with ropes, and their attempts to sledgehamme it failed.
What looks liike a US Armoured Engineering Vehicle (a tank with the turret & gun replaced with construction & demolition equipment) has now driven up to the statue. The Iraqis have climbed all over the tank, and I think they're tieing a winch from the US vehicle to the rope noosed around the statue.
statue is down!
Iraqis jumping up and down and with celebration. They mobbed all over the statue as soon as it fell and are waving Iraqi flags in jubilation.
Amazing pictures.
The leadership of the regime is effectively dead in Baghdad. 3 weeks to the day since operation Iraqi Freedom started.
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This is awesome. They are now dragging Saddams's head down the road with an Iraqi sitting on it!
This scene speaks volumes.... Shame on all of you who would have kept these people under this murderous dictator.
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*Originally posted by fuzznug: *
This is awesome. They are now dragging Saddams's head down the road with an Iraqi sitting on it!
This scene speaks volumes.... Shame on all of you who would have kept these people under this murderous dictator.
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And shame on countries who supported him making one.
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*Originally posted by Majestic: *
I can't wait till someone worst then Saddam rules Iraq. Today they are happy, tomorrow they will cry tears of blood.
INSHALLAH
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I bet you can't wait. You want them to live in slavery to serve your own misguided needs.
Pathetic...
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*Originally posted by Majestic: *
How sad,I feel really sorry for these people, I mean do they really know who will be in his place? Iraqis thought that Al-Hajji Bin Yusuf was bad. I can't wait till someone worst then Saddam rules Iraq. Today they are happy, tomorrow they will cry tears of blood.
INSHALLAH
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Inshallah? You want someone to inflict more suffering on these people?
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*Originally posted by Majestic: *
How sad,I feel really sorry for these people, I mean do they really know who will be in his place? Iraqis thought that Al-Hajji Bin Yusuf was bad. I can't wait till someone worst then Saddam rules Iraq. Today they are happy, tomorrow they will cry tears of blood.
INSHALLAH
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I'm sure they will take your sadness into consideration, as you know what is best for them. Do you pretend to know what it was like to live under Saddam? The Iraqi people will choose their own leader and it won’t be another Saddam.
Come on, please, don’t wish bad for them. They have already suffered so much. All those wars, Saddam, now this war. I really wish them to good luck. I don’t want any country to have bad ruler.
The Iraqi people will choose their own leader and it won’t be another Saddam.
Choosing their own leader is a million dollar question.
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*Originally posted by underthedome: *
The Iraqi people will choose their own leader and it won’t be another Saddam.
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That's funny. I don't remember the Iraqi people electing a US General to run Iraq for a period of time that isn't even defined!!!!
The U.S. will stay in Iraq for what is expected to 6-12 months to assure that Iraq doesn't fall back into a Saddam style regime. They will help over see the rebuilding and security of Iraq.
The following main points are what were followed after WWII with concern to Japan, the same will be followed with regards to Iraq
*To establish a responsible and democratic self-government.
*To make sure that Iraq will not be a new threat to the U.S and its alliied.
*To develop a sense of individual liberty and respect for human rights.
*To develop a legal system which will protect individual and civil rights.
*Most importantly, it was not the responsibility of the Allies powers to impose upon Iraq any form of Government not supported by the freely expressed will of the people.
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*To establish a responsible and democratic self-government.
*To make sure that Japan will not be a new threat to the U.S and its alliied.
*To develop a sense of individual liberty and respect for human rights.
*To develop a legal system which will protect individual and civil rights.
*Most importantly, it was not the responsibility of the Allies powers to impose upon Japan any form of Government not supported by the freely expressed will of the people.
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I am sure Afghanistan is already running fast to become next Japan.
How would you know if a country will be next Japan? Just by "democratic" infrastructure?