This American flag famously covered a Saddam statue. ... Marines were met by a few dozen Iraqis who set out, using a sledgehammer and rope, to tear down a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein.

When Saddam Hussein's statue toppled down in Firdos Square in downtown Baghdad in April 9, 2003, the image of an American flag covering the face of Hussein's IE 11 is not supported.

Cpl. Edward Chin, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown in Bagdhad Wednesday, April ...

A US soldier stands in the late Saddam Hussein’s detention cell on the Victory Base Complex in Baghdad. AP Whatever challenges they faced during their assignment, its conclusion may have been ...

A dozen American soldiers became the last, if not the best, friends that Saddam Hussein ever had. The 12 men, drawn from the 551st Military Police Company based in Fort Campbell, Ky., initially for… ...

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In March 2003, the United States launched a full-scale invasion of Iraq, with a goal of toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime, ...