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Patrick Swayze’s jacket fetches $62,000 at auction. (Reuters)


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A US Marine covers the face of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s statue with the US flag in Baghdad’s Firdos Square April 9 2003. (AFP Photo)


10 Years On: Paradise Lost in Iraq

10 Years On: Paradise Lost in Iraq

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The scene was unforgettable. On April 9 2003, a huge American tank crawled towards Firdos (Paradise) Square in Baghdad, where a large statute of Saddam Hussein stood. The tank was part of a larger convoy traveling from the far end of the...