OUR PATRIOT IN IRAQ When the violence stops, Iraq could be a great winter tourist destination! Ty with Jim in McLean shortly before he left Soon after arrival, we caught Saddam!  Iraq has some stark beauty and intrigue.... View from a palace balcony and from luxury transportation One of Uday's Lions Ty with Sayeed Qizwini 4th Infantry HQ Tikrit Skyline Hilla Beautiful Mosque Ty's Hooch View of the Tigris Local sentiments expressed Kirkuk Swords Al-Samara Mosque Ty after convoy auto accident Aerial view of palace Ty's car after accident   Giant Hands with Sword on Old Parade Grounds Memorial Service for two fallen soldiers in Ba'quba   Blackhawk -- The only way to travel! Door Gunner over Mosul   Erbil Grounds     To the left is a picture of a statue made 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 Baghdad. This artist was so grateful that the Americans liberated his country, he melted 3 of the fallen Saddam heads and made a memorial statue dedicated to the American soldiers and their fallen comrades. Kalat worked on this night and day for several months.   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. It is currently on display outside the palace that is now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped and shown at the memorial museum in Fort Hood, Texas. Another view of this statue    Keen Humphries  Griffin Katrina Felix Sabrina Nesbit Moseley President Bush  Aunt Ree  Home DEMARIS MILLER email: demarism@erols.com Last Updated on 18 February 2004