October 13, 2005
Saddam Heads
Contrary to wild rumor, the copper Saddam heads which used to rest on top of the former Presidential Palace have not been melted down into coins, shipped off to the Smithsonian or stored at the Baghdad Museum. They are currently placed at Camp Prosperity and have become a low grade tourist site. A friend from grad school, Russell Anderson recently arrived in Iraq and so I took him to see some of the heads. Only the best in Baghdad! 