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    Al-Firdos Square (Arabic: ساحة الفردوس, romanized: Sāḥat al-Firdaus) is a public open space in central Baghdad, Iraq. It is named after the Persian word...
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    US invasion of Iraq, a large statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was destroyed by Iraqi civilians and United States Marines. The event...
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  • use a sledgehammer to bring down the statue of Saddam Hussein at the Firdos Square in Baghdad. Kadhem Sharif was born in 1952 and like his father became...
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    was the dramatic toppling of a large statue of Saddam in Baghdad's Firdus Square. This attracted considerable media coverage at the time. Before a conglomerate...
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    optimistic events, such as the toppling of a Saddam Hussein statue in Firdos Square, which was staged with the help of the U.S. military forces, thus downplaying...
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    in al-Rusafa, Baghdad, in the eastern Karrada district, opposite al-Firdos Square, in front of the Ishtar Hotel. The mosque dates back to the royal era...
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  • The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now Constellis), a private military company...
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    battalion was shown in the famous scene of the statue of Saddam in Firdos Square being pulled down. The battalion redeployed to Iraq in March 2004 and...
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    The street runs from al-Tahrir Square to the Kahramana Square where the Kahramana monument is located with al-Firdos Square located in the middle of it which...
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    Multi-National Force Battle of Nasiriyah Fall of Baghdad Battle of Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech US public opinion Occupation (2003–2011)...
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    Multi-National Force Battle of Nasiriyah Fall of Baghdad Battle of Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech US public opinion Occupation (2003–2011)...
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  • Australia. Baghdad, Iraq: The Palestine Hotel, which overlooks the Firdos Square and the Tigris, was built as the Palestine Méridien Hotel in 1982. As...
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  • Paradise Square is a Georgian square in the City of Sheffield. It may also refer to: Firdos Square in Baghdad Paradise Square in Five Points, Manhattan...
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    Baghdad and the regime of Saddam Hussein symbolically ended with the Firdos Square statue destruction, a U.S. military-staged event on 9 April 2003 where...
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    was the dramatic toppling of a large statue of Saddam in Baghdad's Firdos Square. This attracted considerable media coverage at the time. As the British...
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    Multi-National Force Battle of Nasiriyah Fall of Baghdad Battle of Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech US public opinion Occupation (2003–2011)...
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    invasion of Iraq was the toppling of a statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square in central Baghdad. This widely reported event led to allegations of...
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    to punish the south for the 1991 Iraqi uprisings. After 2003 and the Firdos Square statue destruction, these lands were reflooded and a 2007 report on...
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    Multi-National Force Battle of Nasiriyah Fall of Baghdad Battle of Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech US public opinion Occupation (2003–2011)...
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    of Basra Baghdad College of Fine Arts Culture of Iraq Dur-Sharrukin Firdos Square statue destruction Fulgence Fresnel Hurufiyya movement List of Iraqi...
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  • many urban features which have become landmarks including Firdos Square and Liberation Square, the biggest landmark in Baghdad and one of the most visited...
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    derived from Abu Hanifa's title, al-Imām al-Aʿẓam (the Great Imam). Firdos Square is a public open space in Baghdad and the location of two of the best-known...
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    Multi-National Force Battle of Nasiriyah Fall of Baghdad Battle of Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech US public opinion Occupation (2003–2011)...
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    Multi-National Force Battle of Nasiriyah Fall of Baghdad Battle of Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech US public opinion Occupation (2003–2011)...
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  • statue of Hafez al-Assad in Qamishli city, echoing the toppling of Firdos Square statue in 2003. The Syrian military swiftly responded; deploying troops...
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  • United States Marines, toppled a massive statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square, located in the heart of Baghdad. Pictures of the destruction of the...
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    needed] On 1 April 1941, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and members of the Golden Square staged a coup d'état. During the subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War, the United...
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