Monument To Saddam Revived In A Move To Reconcile Iraq With Its Past -- Sydney Morning Herald
BAGHDAD: Without announcement or debate, Iraqi authorities have quietly ordered the reconstruction of one of the most audacious symbols in Baghdad of Saddam Hussein's oppressive rule: the Hands of Victory crossed swords, clutched in hands modelled after Saddam's own..
An Iraqi-born author and architect, Kanan Makiya, called the monument ''Nuremberg and Las Vegas all rolled in one''.
After years of neglect and a partial dismantling in 2007 that was halted amid protests, workers recently began to put the monument back together.
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My Comment: Personally .... I would not restore it. But then again .... I am not an Iraqi.
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