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Guardian UK: (h/t Cliff Schecter) His hands were bleeding and his eyes filled with tears as, four years ago, he slammed a sledgehammer into the tiled
By Nicole Belle

Guardian UK: (h/t Cliff Schecter)

His hands were bleeding and his eyes filled with tears as, four years ago, he slammed a sledgehammer into the tiled plinth that held a 20ft bronze statue of Saddam Hussein. Then Kadhim al-Jubouri spoke of his joy at being the leader of the crowd that toppled the statue in Baghdad's Firdous Square. Now, he is filled with nothing but regret.[..]

Now, on the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, he says: "I really regret bringing down the statue. The Americans are worse than the dictatorship. Every day is worse than the previous day."

UPDATE: ABC News' latest poll finds ebbing hope in an Iraqi landscape of loss.

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