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The toppling of Saddam’s statue: how the US military made a myth – podcast

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In 2003, the destruction of one particular statue in Baghdad made worldwide headlines and came to be a symbol of western victory in Iraq. But there was so much more to it – or rather, so much less. By Alex von Tunzelmann

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** FILE ** A U.S. marine watches a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Firdaus Square, in downtown Bagdhad in this April 9, 2003 file photo. A car bomb destroyed a hotel in central Baghdad on Wednesday night, March 17, 2004, behind Firdaus Square, killing at least 10 people according to Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
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