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So, just talk me through how you felt in 2003, then. we're watching images as we talk to you of that famous statue of saddam hussein in baghdad being toppled and peoplejumping around on top of it and it being dragged through the street. how did you feel then, at that moment, when that was all going on? it was... i had mixed emotions. on one hand, i wanted saddam hussein to be gone, and so seeing that statue, his statue being toppled after one year of being set up in firdos square, in baghdad, was something that was really hard to comprehend. i was happy to see him gone, but at the same time, t...

Yeah. so, just talk me through how you felt in 2003, then. we're just watching images as we talk to you of that famous statue of saddam hussein in baghdad being toppled and peoplejumping around on top of it and it being dragged through the street. how did you feel then, at that moment, when that was all going on? it was... i had mixed emotions. on one hand, i wanted saddam hussein to be gone, and so seeing the statue, his statue being toppled after one year of being set up in firdos square, in baghdad, was something that was really hard to comprehend. i was happy to see him gone but, at the sa...

Would be much worse, because saddam hussein's dictatorship and tyranny, for us, was the maximum level of brutality. so, just talk me through how you felt in 2003, then. we're watching images as we talk to you of that famous statue of saddam hussein in baghdad being toppled and peoplejumping around on top of it and it being dragged through the street. how did you feel then, at that moment, when that was all going on? it was... i had mixed emotions. on one hand, i wanted saddam hussein to be gone, and so seeing that statue, his statue being toppled after one year of being set up in firdos square...

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Those who watched silently as Saddam's statue was brought down in 2003 knew better than to celebrate