http://www.metafilter.com/tags/nickpopaditch Posts tagged with 'nickpopaditch' at MetaFilter. Sat, 10 Apr 2004 06:32:49 -0800 Sat, 10 Apr 2004 06:32:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/32363/The%2Dubiquitous%2DNick%2DPopaditch <a href="http://www.wjla.com/headlines/0404/138521.html">The ubiquitous Nick Popaditch.</a> A year ago, Staff Sgt. Nick Popaditch was in Baghdad's Al-Firdaws Square, <a href="http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/photos/1049936415_bg1.jpg">celebrating with a cigar</a> shortly before his tank toppled the statue of Saddam Hussein.<br> A year later in Falluja, <a href="http://reuters.feedroom.com/index.jsp?auto_band=x&rf=sv&fr_story=87c7008aae8ab905766640b4be68fc68e7b638c6">cameras were there again</a>, capturing the scene shortly after <a href="http://www.tribstar.com/articles/2004/04/09/news/news01.txt">his tank was hit by an RPG</a> near Fallujah. Staff Sgt. Popaditch lost his right eye as a result of his injuries. Meanwhile, Al-Firdaws Square was <a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/today/news_0477c6919040311f0076.html">being closed to the Iraqi public</a>, after <a href="http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-04/09/images/pic05a.jpg">posters of Muqtada Al-Sadr</a> were plastered on the statue which replaced that of Saddam Hussein. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32363 Sat, 10 Apr 2004 06:32:49 -0800 iraq nickpopaditch war insomnia_lj