** FILE ** An Iraqi man waves the nation’s flag from atop a new sculpture symbolizing freedom upon the pedestal of the former Saddam Hussein statue on Firdos Square during a rally in Baghdad, Iraq Saturday, April 9, 2005. Iraqi artist Bassem Hamad al-Dawiri, whose sculpture replaced Saddam Hussein’s statue after it was toppled in central Baghdad following the U.S.-led invasion, has died in a car accident, the Association of Iraqi Artists said Saturday. He was 34. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)