Saddam Statues Become Tribute to GIs
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A life-size statue of a GI in mourning made from the bronze of two melted-down monuments to Saddam Hussein was dedicated to the 4th Infantry Division.
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MILAN The Two Simonas, as they are called in the Italian press, thought their dedication to helping Iraqis overcome the effects of war and their opposition to the US occupation protected them from the lawlessness of Baghdad.
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The Pentagon is sending another deck of playing cards to troops in Iraq &#151; this time showing some of the country's most precious archaeological sites instead of the most-wanted former regime officials.
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MOSUL, Iraq -- Real power on Iraq's streets often lies in the hands of men like Sadi Ahmed Pire.
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The weekend after the statue of Saddam Hussein fell, Kenneth Adelman and a couple of other promoters of the Iraq war gathered at Vice President Cheney's residence to celebrate. The invasion had been the "cakewalk" Adelman predicted. Cheney and his guests raised their glasses, toasting President Bush...
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WASHINGTON Of all the images I saw on a short visit to Iraq last week, two stand out in my mind. One was a display that the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in the Sunni Triangle, prepared for the visiting
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Iraqi forces were on high alert around Baghdad and in the Sunni heartland north of the capital as the country marked the anniversary of Saddam Husseinâs execution.
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When Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Al-Muthanna Province in southern Iraq, visited Tokyo last week, he thanked Japan for the aid it has given to his province, where Ground Self-Defense Force troops have been deployed.
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Badly wounded in Iraq, Army Spec.  Rosetta Floyd joined other U.S. veterans at a dedication  ceremony on Wednesday for a new Smithsonian exhibition tracking  250 years of American military conflicts.
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Photos of more than 1,000 U.S.  soldiers who died in Afghanistan and Iraq were laid out in  Union Square Park in New York on Friday in a display intended  to put faces of the fallen before the public.
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President George W. Bush and his advisers like to say that sovereignty has been returned to the Iraqis. But the heart of the Iraqi capital, where the symbols of power are most concentrated, belongs to America.
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The hundreds of white wooden crosses planted on a quiet suburban hillside honor the memory of troops killed in Iraq &#151; or, depending on your leanings, exploit personal grief for politics.
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The British regiment which suffered its first combat deaths on a US-requested mission to hostile terrain near Baghdad paid tribute to the three dead soldiers and an Iraqi translator.
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Residents buried the dead as U.S. and Iraqi forces battled pockets of resistance in this former insurgent stronghold.
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President Bush paid tribute Tuesday to defense workers who help equip U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and also put in a plug for his administration's plans for an anti-missile system as he toured a helicopter factory involved in both missions.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- A mother's sad wail pierced the stillness of the Cemetery of the Martyrs, where green and black resistance flags fluttered over the graves of hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen. Kneeling on the hot, chalk-like dirt, Abbas Sabah, 17, didn't stir. His mind was focused on his brother...
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TIKRIT, Iraq  - Black graffiti lauding Saddam Hussein appeared overnight in his home town and small groups of mourners turned out at his grave on Sunday, the first anniversary of the former Iraqi leader's execution.