U.S. Soldiers Blow Up Saddam Statue [View All]

[VolcanoJen]

From the recent ABC News interviews with soldiers, it would appear some of them would prefer blowing up a statue of Rumsfeld.

If this helps our soldiers blow off some steam in Iraq, I certainly don't have a problem with it.

WARNING BEFORE CLICKING ON LINK: The article is accompanied by a disturbing photograph of a dead Iraqi civilian.

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TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) -- With a thunderous explosion from 12 pounds of plastic explosives, the U.S. military toppled a 30-foot statue of Saddam Hussein on horseback from its perch overlooking the dictator's hometown Friday. Soldiers also defused a huge homemade bomb near Baghdad's airport.

Pvt. Reshaun Richardson of the 555th Combat Engineering brigade, known as the "Triple Nickle," pushed the button that sent the Saddam statue pitching over near the gate to his former palace compound in his northern hometown of Tikrit.

"It felt real good," said Richardson, of Dothan, Ala. "There were lots of smiles around, and I had the biggest of them all."

The statue - depicting the ousted leader mounted on a rearing horse and brandishing a sword as if charging into combat - was made of solid bronze and stood near the main gate of the his huge palace complex overlooking the city of his birth.