As millions watched the statue fall in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, Tim McLaughlin’s American flag came to symbolize victory in Iraq. ... to tear down a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein.

When Saddam Hussein's statue toppled down in Firdos Square in downtown Baghdad in April 9, 2003, the image of an American flag covering the face of Hussein's IE 11 is not supported.

Our flag came down and the Iraqi flag went up. I’ll never forget the cheers because, one, it was their flag, and two, it was the pre-Saddam flag from the ‘80s.” Casey’s decision played an ...

Iraq’s U.S.-picked leaders have approved a new flag for the country, dumping the Saddam Hussein-era colors and slogan “God is great” and using symbols of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

An Iraqi man who famously took a sledge hammer to a statue of Saddam Hussein during the U.S. invasion 15 years ago looks back at what has happened to his country since then.

Iraq celebrated President Saddam Hussein's 65th birthday Sunday with an annual display of government-sponsored loyalty whose theme this year was defiance in the face of U.S. determination to ...

On the morning of the start of Eid al-Adha on December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was hanged to death for committing crimes against humanity. It’s a day that will forever be entrenched in the ...

When former Marine Lt. Tim McLaughlin packed an American flag into his bags before being deployed to Iraq, he had no idea it would become a piece of history. When Saddam Hussein’s statue toppled ...

An Iraqi man who famously took a sledge hammer to a statue of Saddam Hussein during the U.S. invasion 15 years ago looks back at what has happened to his country since then.