Photos of the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. Saddam Hussein had the split teardrop-shaped sculpture built in the middle of a man made lake in the early 1980s to commemorate Iraqis killed in the Iran-Iraq War. The names of hundreds of thousands of fallen Iraqi soldiers are inscribed in simple Arabic script around the base. In recent years, the Shiite-led government has begun turning it into a museum honoring the overwhelmingly Shiite and Kurdish victims of Saddams Sunni-dominated but largely secular regime.
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An Iraqi man wears a torture device used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. Saddam Hussein had the split teardrop-shaped sculpture built in the middle of a manmade lake in the early 1980s to commemorate Iraqis killed in the Iran-Iraq War. The names of hundreds of thousands of fallen Iraqi soldiers are inscribed in simple Arabic script around the base. In recent years, the Shiite-led government has begun turning it into a museum honoring the overwhelmingly Shiite and Kurdish victims of Saddam's Sunni-dominated but largely secular regime. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Visitors walk near the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. The monument, also known as the al-Shaheed Monument, was built during Saddam Hussein's reign and is dedicated to Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq war. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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Visitors try on metal masks, used as torture devices by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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An Iraqi man looks at a display of statues and pictures of people killed by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
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Visitors look at torture devices, that were used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, near models re-enacting a torture scene at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, displayed at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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An Iraqi man tries on a torture device used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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A view of torture devices, that were used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
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Iraqi men try on torture devices used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
An Iraqi man wears a torture device used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. Saddam Hussein had the split teardrop-shaped sculpture built in the middle of a manmade lake in the early 1980s to commemorate Iraqis killed in the Iran-Iraq War. The names of hundreds of thousands of fallen Iraqi soldiers are inscribed in simple Arabic script around the base. In recent years, the Shiite-led government has begun turning it into a museum honoring the overwhelmingly Shiite and Kurdish victims of Saddam's Sunni-dominated but largely secular regime. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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[/IMG]Visitors walk near the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. The monument, also known as the al-Shaheed Monument, was built during Saddam Hussein's reign and is dedicated to Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iran-Iraq war. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
Visitors try on metal masks, used as torture devices by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
An Iraqi man looks at a display of statues and pictures of people killed by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
Visitors look at torture devices, that were used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, near models re-enacting a torture scene at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, displayed at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
An Iraqi man tries on a torture device used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
A view of torture devices, that were used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
A visitor tries on a metal mask, used as a torture device by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein, at an exhibition gallery at the Martyrs Monument in Baghdad May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
Iraqi men try on torture devices used by the regime of Iraq's ousted leader Saddam Hussein at the Shaheed Monument in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)