The fate of Saddam's statues in the aftermath of war in April 2003!
 

Here are some photos to show the fate of Saddam's statues and giant photos in Baghdad:
 

A tattered Saddam's photo taken on April 9, 2002, in Baghdad
 
 
 
A young Iraqi stands in front of a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein with a noose around it neck in central Baghdad April 9, 2003.  Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic
 
 
This is a four-picture combination of images taken from video of the 40-foot statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein being toppled in Ferdowsi square in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 9, 2002. (AP Photo/APTN)
 
 
 
 
A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein falls after it was pulled down by a US Marine vehicle in Baghdad's al-Fardous (paradise) square (AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
 
 
 
An Iraqi steps on a poster of President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad(AFP/Patrick Baz)
 
 
 An Iraqi tears a poster of President Saddam Hussein  in Baghdad's Saddam City.(AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
 
 
 
Cpl Edward Chin from New York of the 3rd battalion, 4th Marines regiment, set up the star and stripes flag on the face of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's statue before to tear down it, in downtown Bagdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
 
 
 
 
A statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein stands in front of the burning building housing the Olympic Committee.(AFP/Karim Sahib)
 
 
 
 
An Iraqi man throws stones at a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as it falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foothigh statue of Saddam and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)
 
 
 
 
An Iraqi man swings a hammer at the base of a statue of Saddam Hussein downtown Bagdhad Wednesday April 9, 2003. A crowd of Iraqis, with the help of U.S. Marines, toppled a 40-foot statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in a main square of the capital Wednesday, pelting it with garbage and shoes and dragging the head through the streets. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
 
 
 
A US soldier and Iraqi civilians step on a picture of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. (AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
 
 
Cpl. Edward Chin, from New York, of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, set up an Iraqi flag around the neck of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein before it was torn down in Bagdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
 
 
Iraqis hit a statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals in Baghdad, after it was pulled down as US tanks rolled into the heart of the Iraqi capital.(AFP/Patrick Baz)
 
 
 
 
Iraqis attack a statue of President Saddam Hussein  in front of the Oil Ministry in Baghdad.  (AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
 
 
 
 
Iraqis tear down a picture of President Saddam Hussein in Saddam City, a huge Shi'ite slum in Baghdad, as U.S. troops enter the area April 9, 2003.  Photo by Stringer/Iraq/Reuters
 
 
 
Iraqis tie a rope around the neck of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in front of Baghdad's Palestine hotel Wednesday after US tanks rolled into the heart of the Iraqi capital. (AFP/Ramzi Haidar)
 
 
Iraqi civilians secure a rope around the neck of a large statue of Saddam Hussein, attempting to tear down the statue in downtown Baghdad, Wednesday, April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
 
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