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An Iraqi artist named Kalat for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad. Kalat was so grateful that the Americans liberated his country, he melted three of the fallen Saddam heads and made a memorial statue dedicated to the American soldiers and their fallen comrades.

Thanks, Kalat Claim:   Photograph shows a statue of a U.S. soldier crafted by an Iraqi sculptor. Status:   True. Example:   [Collected on the Internet, 2004] This picture of the statue 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...

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - Under the warm desert sun last weekend, Pir Syed Ahmad Gailani, a descendant of the prophet Mohammad's family, set off from Kandahar north to the desert town of Kalat, in the Taliban-dominated Zabul province, on a peace mission to disarm remaining hard-line Taliban commanders. He was trailed by a convoy of some 60 mujahideen; and armed with a 9mm Sigpro pistol given to him the night before by US Gen. Tommy Franks, who had touched down in Kandahar. As Mr. Gailani entered the gates of Kalat, the hillsides reverberated with rocket and Kalashnikov fire. A thick-set ...