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Iraqis TOPPLE LARGE statue of Saddam- Live Thread
4/09/03

Posted on 04/09/2003 6:05:44 AM PDT by kattracks

Hugh statue in the center of Baghdad being attacked by Iraqis.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; tyranny
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To: Scoop
Think they're watching this with differing emotions in Iran, North Korean, Cuba, Syria....?
61 posted on 04/09/2003 6:43:19 AM PDT by Scoop (It's An Inside Joke, Ladies)
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Pics from the other day with the statue being torn down:

Activism at it's finest.

62 posted on 04/09/2003 6:44:45 AM PDT by Calpernia (http://www.politicsandprotest.org/attack.swf)
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To: Scoop
Think they're watching this with differing emotions in Iran, North Korean, Cuba, Syria....?

...and DU?

63 posted on 04/09/2003 6:45:12 AM PDT by Snowy (My golden retriever can lick your honor student)
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To: j_k_l
I actually flew with my family to Berlin to take down that bloody wall. My sister and I attacked it with a pickaxe.

I would get the same immense pleasure out of destroying the icons of Saddam's regime.

Regards, Ivan

64 posted on 04/09/2003 6:45:14 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: angkor
I want to see that monstrosity go down.

Not as much as I want to see that monstrous "victory" arch go down.

Personally designed by Saddam.
Saddam's arms were used as the model for it.

Great symbolism!

65 posted on 04/09/2003 6:45:38 AM PDT by Publius6961 (p>)
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To: realpatriot
In this new context, the Saddam statue seems to have this look of resignation, waving and saying, "Alright. Goodbye. I'm leaving already."
66 posted on 04/09/2003 6:45:52 AM PDT by Kevin Curry
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To: kattracks
Okay, the rope is in place, and it looks like they're savoring the moment now, before they take hold and tug it down. There is apparently still a lot of fear on the faces of the people there.

After thirty years of living in abject fear, it must be a feeling of near-vertigo to realize you can pull down this d*mned statue!

Now they're striking at the base of the statue, trying to weaken it to make it easier to pull the thing down.

The guy wielding the sledgehammer is quite burly!

Now they're taking turns swinging the hammer!
67 posted on 04/09/2003 6:45:55 AM PDT by Illbay
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To: Scoop
That big guy with the sledge is doing a NUMBER on the base of SH statue!
68 posted on 04/09/2003 6:46:10 AM PDT by realpatriot
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To: MadIvan
Shades of the Berlin Wall, they're passing around a sledge hammer taking turns smacking the wacky Iraqi
69 posted on 04/09/2003 6:46:29 AM PDT by Scoop (It's An Inside Joke, Ladies)
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To: Illbay
LOL - they were fighting over who's turn it was to swing it!
70 posted on 04/09/2003 6:46:30 AM PDT by mollynme
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To: Calpernia
Totally Awesome!!

People of Iraq! Your FREEDOM is at hand!
71 posted on 04/09/2003 6:46:39 AM PDT by Delta 21 (GOD....Guns.....& Guts -- It takes all three to be FREE)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
OK - they FINALLY got the rope tied up... no one fell off of the pedestal (whew- they looked pretty precarious up there).. Now WHERE did the TANK go????

Look at all those flying flip-flops!

Can we bring a case of rubber flip-flops to the next American counter-protest??? Awww, please?

OK - somebody Finally found a sledgehammer; you GO, Muhammed!

They're fighting over the sledgehammer!; Now SHARE, fellas!
72 posted on 04/09/2003 6:47:06 AM PDT by Uncle Jaque ("You boys think that War is all glory; I am here to tell you; War is all HELL!" WTS)
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To: Uncle Jaque
Well, they got the sledghammer going now. And they are taking turns smacking the base. One guy looked like Bluto!
73 posted on 04/09/2003 6:47:17 AM PDT by Cagey
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To: mollynme
I guess that damned ugly thing is about to meet it's

"STATUE OF LIMITATIONS!"

74 posted on 04/09/2003 6:47:49 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (KIM JONG IL is having another bad underwear day.)
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To: Calpernia
Activism at it's finest.

Mmmmm... satisfying. More video!

75 posted on 04/09/2003 6:47:58 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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I still say that statue needs a C4 enena.
76 posted on 04/09/2003 6:48:27 AM PDT by TheDeacon (Thank God for those willing to go into harms way.)
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To: MadIvan
That must have been an amazing experience. I have a chunk of the wall from a trip to Berlin. I'll never forget standing where the wall once stood and looking at the former eastern side versus the western side and the stark contrast between the two.
77 posted on 04/09/2003 6:48:30 AM PDT by UlmoLordOfWaters
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To: Aquinasfan
Could this be classified as the first ever "Baghdad Freep"?

Knock that damn thing down, boys! Liberation!!!

78 posted on 04/09/2003 6:49:17 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (KIM JONG IL is having another bad underwear day.)
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To: Uncle Jaque
Tank is parked directly behind the statue, about 30-50 yards away
79 posted on 04/09/2003 6:49:27 AM PDT by Jalapeno
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To: Cagey
They need to give "Bluto" the slede again. He was really doing visible damage!
80 posted on 04/09/2003 6:49:44 AM PDT by realpatriot
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