Down came the statue. And I'm still glad.
UPDATE: Looks like I'm not alone. Omar at Iraq the Model celebrates and lights a candle, and an international NGO worker at Babelonandon offers some sharp observations of his own in this 4:07am April 9th post.
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Nice try, fellas.
Also, we retook Kut. Things are looking up.
Looks like this is a symbolic battleground.
More views from Baghdad by Iraqi bloggers here, here,and here, eloquent and incisive voices again ignored by the major media.
I'm a guy...
Hey, man, hang in there.