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/ 8 November 2004

Who wants Saddam’s leg?

An internet auction house in Germany on Monday featured what was said to be the bronze lower left leg of the statue of Saddam Hussein that was toppled in the heart of Baghdad last year as millions of television viewers watched. The 170cm cast-bronze leg from mid-thigh downward was all that was left standing on the plinth at al-Ferdaous Square in Baghdad.