This picture of the statue below was made by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad. This artist was so grateful that the Americans liberated his country, he melted 3 of the fallen Saddam heads and made a memorial statue dedicated to the American soldiers and their fallen comrades. Kalat worked on this night and day for several months.

To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms. It is currently on display outside the palace that is now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped and shown at the memorial museum in Fort Hood, Texas.

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Hog

Wow, that's just so awesome! Thanks for posting it.

Its good to know that some do appriciate the efforts of our military.

Good stuff...

RasDas

Joe

Thanks!

This is just what the military and civilian folks I know are telling me about most people of Iraq.

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Somehow that makes me feel better. Very nice.

WoW! That's Incredible.
RJ

what a wonderful sentiment! truly awesome work!

Now, if only we could get eerybody to see it, and counteract this crap some of "the men who would be king" are saying about how we shouldn't be there! God, I hope they don't pull the plug before the job is done! Then those we lost would have died in vain, because another tinhorn tyrant would just seize power again, and we would be no better off. This is my greatest fear!

Very moving Hog...thanks for posting brother.

That's awesome... brought tears to my eyes.

Funny how this never makes it to the news. All we hear is the bad news. Thanks Hog for posting this....

yes!

Pictures tell a thousand words, where in this case an endless amount of words....

Very nice Hog, thanks for sharing it.
I am taking the liberty of emailing it with your explaination to all the people we know who think we shouldn't be in Iraq.

it wasn't my explination... this was sent to me by a friend and I just passed it on to others.. I would like to go see it and take my own pictures.. but the way it looks I may have to wait awhile or join up with a church headed that way...

Hog

Hey Hog,

Nice memorial and all should see this work of art!

Charlie

I was surprised to see this picture this morning on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.