New statue in Baghdad
This new sculpture rests atop the cement pillar where the statue of Saddam Hussein once stood. The 23-foot (seven meter) plaster sculpture, encased in aluminum scaffolding for weeks, was transformed overnight to a shiny dark green and glimmered the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The sculpture, created by an artist group called Najeen, is a panorama of Iraqi life. A mother, father and child hold a crescent moon, symbol of Islam, around a sun, symbol of the Sumerian civilization. Najeen dedicated the sculpture to "every person in Iraq and to freedom-loving people everywhere
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I only get one newspaper, and don't see a lot of cable news. I'm just curious as to how much coverage this has gotten.