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Statue Made By Iraqi Artist, Won't See From Liberal Media
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Posted on 04/12/2004 7:41:23 AM PDT by blam
This picture of the statue below was made by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad. This artist was so grateful that the Americans liberated his country, he melted 3 of the fallen Saddam heads and made a memorial statue dedicated to the American soldiers and their fallen comrades. Kalat worked on this night and day for several months.
To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms. It is currently on display outside the palace that is now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped and shown at the memorial museum in Fort Hood, Texas.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: artist; iraqi; liberal; media; statue
This picture was sent to me this morning by my sister.
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:41:25 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Just a red "X".
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:42:41 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure)
To: blam
I didn't know little red "X"s made such nice statuary....
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:44:03 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: blam
No pic.
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:44:07 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: blam
Bump for picture later!
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:45:08 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(prayers for all)
To: blam
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:49:25 AM PDT
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: Sloth
Thanks. I don't know what happened, I have a picture on my monitor.
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:54:55 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
*choke* wiping away the sudden mist in my eyes ...
That statue says it all, doesn't it? Thanks for posting it.
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posted on
04/12/2004 7:55:48 AM PDT
by
Finny
(God continue to Bless G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, and victory.)
To: blam
You have freepmail (shortly).
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posted on
04/12/2004 8:29:41 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(Radical Islam has more in common with Islamic populations than the mainstream media has with America)
bump
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posted on
04/12/2004 8:31:53 AM PDT
by
Lyford
To: Allegra
ping
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posted on
04/12/2004 8:39:40 AM PDT
by
thackney
(Life is Fragile, Handle with Prayer)
To: Sloth; blam
thank you....very moving.
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posted on
04/12/2004 8:45:14 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(prayers for all)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; ohioWfan; mystery-ak
Thought you might want to see this.
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posted on
04/12/2004 8:46:38 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(prayers for all)
To: Sloth
This statue hurts my heart. Misty eye bump.
Too bad that it takes an Iraqi to do the job and not one of our own. Of course, the Iraqi sees freedom clearly, and our own do not.
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posted on
04/12/2004 8:55:14 AM PDT
by
11Bush
To: 11Bush
Too bad that it takes an Iraqi to do the job and not one of our own. Of course, the Iraqi sees freedom clearly, and our own do not. Our "artists" are too busy making Christ paintings smeared with feces, or statues of Jesus in drag, or portraying Bush as Hitler, to waste their precious time on patriotic fare.
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posted on
04/12/2004 9:03:09 AM PDT
by
montag813
("A nation can survive fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.")
To: hoosiermama; blam; Spc. Kibbey
It's a beautiful statue.
First written up by 4ID's Spc. Benjamin R. Kibbey (Freeper Spc. Kibbey.)
The statue was recently moved to it's permanent location at Ft. Hood.
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posted on
04/12/2004 9:28:16 AM PDT
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("A small group of extremists are having a large effect on the media." - Gen. Kimmitt, Baghdad, 4/12)
To: thackney
Thanks for the ping.
Much more representative of how the majority of the Iraqis feel. What the media does is abominable.
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posted on
04/12/2004 10:05:09 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(And WAIT!! That's not all! Call now and receive this FREE....)
To: Allegra
Right, except for the fact that the sculptor was paid for the statue and according to Snopes "he thinks the war was fought for oil and holds the U.S. responsible for the violence and unemployment that have plagued Iraq since."
http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/kalat.asp
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posted on
06/16/2004 8:48:00 PM PDT
by
stevem99
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