Bombers demolish statue to Iraqi children killed in attack




 
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Bombers demolish statue to Iraqi children killed in attack
 
August 16th, 2006  
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Topic: Bombers demolish statue to Iraqi children killed in attack


Bombers demolish statue to Iraqi children killed in attack
Media: AFP
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Date: 16 August 2006

BAGHDAD, Aug 16, 2006 (AFP) - Bombers have demolished a statue erected in
Baghdad in memory of 32 children murdered last year in an insurgent attack.

In July 2005 a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car among a
crowd of children who had gathered to collect sweets from US soldiers near
an old monument in the Baghdad al-Jadida downtown district.

To honour the memory of the 32 who were killed and 31 who were wounded,
local artists used sections of the mangled car to create a sculpture to
overlay the former statue in the square.

"It sickens me to think that there are individuals so filled with hatred
that they would willfully destroy a monument dedicated to innocent
children," said Lieutenant Colonel Mark Bertolini, whose US Army unit
patrols the area.

Wednesday's explosion completely demolished the monument, leaving only the
battered plinth.
 


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