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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? OR WHERE THIS IS? 

This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry Division. It will eventually be shipped home and! put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood, Texas.

The statue was created by an Iraqi artist named Kalat, who for years was forced by Saddam Hussein to make the many hundreds of bronze busts of Saddam that dotted Bagdad. Kalat was so grateful for the America's liberation of his country; he melted 3 of the heads of the fallen Saddam and made the statue as a memorial to the American soldiers and their fallen warriors. Kalat has actually worked on this memorial night and day for several month. To the left of the kneeling soldier is a small Iraqi girl giving the soldier comfort as he mourns the loss of his comrade in arms. 

Now just one question: do you know why we don't hear about this in the news? The media avoids it because it does not have the shock effect. But we can do something about it. 

We can pass this along to as many people as we can in honor of all our brave military who are definitely making the difference.

Thank you for passing thi! s on! 

Entrainement de débarquement de la 4Th DI en Angleterre

Foreign soldiers leave the Intercontinental Hotel at the end of a military operation against Taliban militants who had stormed the hotel in Kabul, on June 29, 2011. Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul sparking a five-hour battle with Afghan commandos backed by a NATO helicopter gunship in an assault that left at least 10 people dead. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)