Friday, January 05, 2007
Libya to Erect Statue of Saddam on Gallows
Cause that's what you do for martyrs. Yet more evidence that everything the Bush Administration touches turns into a royal screw-up.
"TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libya is reportedly to build a statue showing Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader executed in Baghdad on Saturday, on a gallows."
". . . After Saddam's execution, flags on official Libyan buildings were flown at half-mast and celebrations to mark Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, were cancelled."
Photo at link above -- AFP/File Photo: The image of Saddam Hussein is painted on a commemorative plate by a Palestinian artist...
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