Kadhim Sharif al-Jabouri uses a sledgehammer to attack the base of a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad on April 9, 2003. Read More:How corruption helped cause one of Baghdad’s deadliest attacksTurkey’s cat-and-mouse game with the Islamic State The toppled statue of Saddam Hussein is seen in Firdos Square in downtown Baghdad on April 9, 2003. Saddam killed people, but it was nothing like this current government," he said. Both the Islamic State, as well as the American invasion and subsequent American-backed Shiite-led governments, have exacerbated sectarian divisions.

Source: Washington Post July 05, 2016 17:17 UTC