YOU ARE HERE: LAT HomeCollectionsNews  In Iraq, 10 years after
U.S. invasion, legacy of war lives on  Much has changed since
the start of the war, followed by Saddam Hussein's fall and
lengthy sectarian warfare. Many wonder, is it for the better?
March 19, 2013|By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times   • The Iraqi
National Olympic Committee building, behind a statue of Saddam
Hussein, goes up in flames in April 2003 as looters attack
government structures in Baghdad. The Iraqi National Olympic
Committee building, behind a statue of Saddam… (Carolyn Cole /
Los Angeles…)  BAGHDAD — A bronze statue of a slain Shiite
Muslim cleric greets motorists as they drive down the airport
highway that invading convoys of American troops once used to
charge into Iraq's capital. The new artwork replaced a mural
commissioned by Saddam Hussein and demolished after the U.S.-led
invasion that began a decade ago Wednesday.  Across Baghdad,
billboards of Shiite Islamist leaders have taken the place of
once-ubiquitous portraits of Hussein