Artist whose sculpture replaced Saddam’s statue dies

AP - Saturday, September 22 05:13 pm
A statue featuring a central figure beneath a crescent moon stands atop a pedestal where a statue of Saddam Hussein once stood, is seen in Al Firdos Square in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in this Saturday, May 31, 2003 file photo. Iraqi artist Bassem Hamad al-Dawiri, whose sculpture replaced Saddam Hussein's statue after it was toppled in central Baghdad following the U.S.-led invasion, has died in a car accident, the Association of Iraqi Artists said Saturday. He was 34. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer, File)
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