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‘I toppled Saddam’s statue, now I want him back

What effect did the Iraq war have on Iraqis themselves?

One man who found himself at the centre of the most euphoric moment of the war - the toppling of the famous statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad - is Kadhim Sharif Hassan Al-Jabbouri.

Speaking to the BBC, he said he regrets helping to take down the sculpture.

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‘I toppled Saddam’s statue, now I want him back

What effect did the Iraq war have on Iraqis themselves?

One man who found himself at the centre of the most euphoric moment of the war - the toppling of the famous statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad - is Kadhim Sharif Hassan Al-Jabbouri.

Speaking to the BBC, he said he regrets helping to take down the sculpture.

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