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The Legacy of Saddam’s Architecture of Fear [+ PICS]

Environmental Graffiti put together a great set of images and a very interesting article. Empires rise and fall, but the physical foundations they lay remain like ghosts. Fifty years ago Baghdad had just three public sculptures. But what has become of... ...full story at digg

from digg on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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