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grandpa jim

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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? OR WHERE THIS IS?

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THE STATUE

This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood , Texas

The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Baghdad

Kalat was so grateful for the Americans liberation of his country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen warriors

Kalat worked on this memorial night and day for several months.

To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms.

Do you know why we don't hear about this in the news? Because it is heart warming and praise worthy..

The media avoids it because it does not have the shock effect. But we can do something about it.

We can pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave military who are making a difference.

And please pass this on!

 
 
Thanks for the post Jim... I guess certain segments of the media do not want to celebrate the heroic efforts of our military and what they have accomplished in the hame of FREEDOM... Just goes to show that some folks we help appreciate the "cost of freedom".....  Dave
 
Gone but not forgotten remember our fallen heroes "LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE"
 
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That is an AWESOME Statue !!!!

The sculpture pictured above is real, and it was indeed crafted by an Iraqi sculptor from bronze recovered by melting down statues of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, but the accompanying explanatory text is quite misleading... 

Khalid didn't do it out of the goodness of his heart. He did it for the $8,000 the 4th Inf Div collected from within their ranks.

It wasn't Khaklid's idea---It was the 4th Inf Div's idea.

The 4th told Khalid they wanted a second one, and he wanted $10,000 more for it.

Khalid says he made the statues for the same reason he made the statues for Saddam----He needed the money for his family.

The rest from Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/kalat.asp

It is still an AWESOME Sculpture !

Bear
 
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