Marines continue Ramadi support [Image 2 of 2]

RAMADI, IRAQ

06.24.2008

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Murphy 

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Chief Warrant Officer 2 and Capt. Angel Torres, gaze at a statue, June 22, 2008, donated to the city by a local Iraqi contractor. The unwavering contractor, with his own money, built a statue in a park overlooking the newly-constructed 17th Street Municipal Building where a picture statue of Saddam Hussein, the ousted former dictator of Iraq, once stood. "We decided to place a statue with a bird and a globe in front of the building," Marre said. "The new statue is meant to be a symbol of peace in Ramadi, a new chapter for the city. In the past Saddam's face was at that site. It was meant to instill fear in us and remind us that he is an enemy of peace. We removed the old statue as a way out saying this is the new Ramadi, free of Saddam and free of violence."

• Date Taken: 06.24.2008
• Date Posted: 09.30.2011 06:48
• Photo ID: 126785
• VIRIN: 080622-M-1855J-001
• Resolution: 3504x2336
• Size: 499.1 KB
• Location: RAMADI, IQ