World

‘I toppled Saddam’s statue, now I want him back

What effect did the Iraq war have on Iraqis themselves?

One man who found himself at the centre of the most euphoric moment of the war - the toppling of the famous statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad - is Kadhim Sharif Hassan Al-Jabbouri.

Speaking to the BBC, he said he regrets helping to take down the sculpture.

Comments

‘I toppled Saddam’s statue, now I want him back

What effect did the Iraq war have on Iraqis themselves?

One man who found himself at the centre of the most euphoric moment of the war - the toppling of the famous statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad - is Kadhim Sharif Hassan Al-Jabbouri.

Speaking to the BBC, he said he regrets helping to take down the sculpture.

Comments

কোনো মহামানব দেশের গণতন্ত্রের সমাধান দেবে বিশ্বাস করার কারণ নেই: আমীর খসরু

তিনি বলেন, একটা বিশেষ গোষ্ঠী সুবিধাভোগী জনগণের ভোটাধিকারের বিরুদ্ধে গিয়ে গণতন্ত্রকে সংস্কারের মুখোমুখি করছে।

২ ঘণ্টা আগে