February 18, 2004

Iraqi Bronze Memorial Redux


FORWARD OPERATING BASE, Tikrit, Iraq – When he was forced to fashion statues of Saddam Hussein on horseback, the Iraqi sculptor had no idea that someday he would melt them down to create a memorial for American soldiers.
Kalat, a local Iraqi artist, pauses to look at a memorial he has been working on to honor the fallen soldiers of 4th Infantry Division. The new statue stands in a former palace of Saddam Hussein that currently serves as the 4th ID headquarters at Forward Operating Base Ironhorse.

Lots of interest in my post on the Iraqi artist "Kalat" who melted down statue heads of Saddam and fashioned them into a memorial to fallen Americans.   Anyway, here's a lot more about the project.

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