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As millions watched the statue fall in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, Tim McLaughlin’s American flag came to symbolize victory in Iraq.
Ten years ago today we watched as a U.S. Marine hung an American flag on the face of the Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad’s Firdos Square. The image seemed to make good on the promise that ...
Saddam Hussein’s granddaughter surfaces at glitzy Cartier bash after years in exile Saddam Hussein’s final secrets revealed: Tapes from CIA vault show Iraqi strongman wanted to be a novelist ...
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 statue was seared into the mind of ...
The U.N. Security Council has voted to end the U.N. political mission in Iraq; the mission was established in 2003 after the U.S.-led invasion of the country that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Despite the Ba'ath Party's defeats in Iraq and Syria, many Jordanians still see Saddam Hussein as an Arab leader who was only overthrown by the U.S. occupation — despite the atrocities and ...
In March 2003, the United States launched a full-scale invasion of Iraq, with a goal of toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime, ...
While the US military have yet to formally recognise Hoppus' part in the capture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 2003 as part of Operation Red Dawn, the pop-punk star believes that it ...
This Flag Day I called up experts to discuss what an upside-down flag means wand why the Trump-supporting right is using it. It's a potent nationalist symbol.