Port Authority Removes Saudi Arabia ‘Candy Flag’ Statue on Ground Zero After Backlash

observer.com ^ | 1/14/2019 | davis richardson

[LibWhacker]

With the koran used as wallpaper.

[Dagnabitt]

Is the stuttering drunk holding up the old man or vice-versa?

[Tunehead54]

So what does it say? The sword is not a symbol of peace ...

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[Candor7]

Run out these Muslim buggers!

Alahwahoo Snackbar!

[Doogle]

....they did it in Paterson NJ too (candy)...

[Navy Patriot]

Port Authority Removes Saudi Arabia ‘Candy Flag’ Statue on Ground Zero After Backlash

THIS WAS NOTHING MORE THAN MOCKING.

True

On the other hand, here's a genuine but little known one:

New York's forgotten Russian Teardrop monument to the 9/11 victims...

... from Russian citizens.

[Tunehead54]

Surprise, surprise: From a link in the article from 2011:

"A sculpture celebrating Saudi Arabia’s place in the G20 Summit was erected on the World Trade Center grounds last week, a stone’s throw away from the 9/11 memorial.

Shaped to resemble a piece of candy, the nine-foot-tall statue bears the Kingdom’s emerald flag emblazoned with the Arabic inscription, “There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet.”"

[LibWhacker]

It’s gloating, triumphalism. They’ve been doing this kind of stuff with various peoples against whom they’ve carried out some kind of atrocity for hundreds and hundreds of years. They’ll never stop. We’ve rejected this attempt, and I think a previous one, but they’ll wait a while and try again later, over and over and over again, until finally they have a statue of Osama bin Laden standing tall over One World Trade Center Street.

[Ezekiel]

Shaped to resemble a piece of candy, the nine-foot-tall statue bears the Kingdom’s emerald flag emblazoned with the Arabic inscription, “There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet.”"

And it's "reinforced" with the sword, in case anyone might challenge the statement. Meanwhile, truth is its own defense.

[Petrosius]

the artist will relocate the exhibit from its current location

Here is a good place: 38º37'39"N 63º27'51"W

[george76]

Their Allah is Satan.

[Tell It Right]

Coat it with pigs’ blood and a nuke and “relocate” it to Mecca.

[SMGFan]

The saw various “candy” nation flags last year throughout the PABT. Not art.

[Dr. Sivana]

“Campus”? I wasn’t aware that a school was built there.

Campus simply means field, even though it is often used to refer tolocations of colleges and universities. Corporations and organizations can have a home campus, as well.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Funny how the author forgot to include the inscription that accompanies this “artful” statue....”Allah is the one true God and Mohammed is his prophet.”

[353FMG]

The WEST is in a suicide mode and prefers to be destroyed first.

[353FMG]

But we continue to allow it to thrive in our country.

Who is the stupid one?

[BlackbirdSST]

I didn’t know that existed. Thanks for posting it.

[bert]

You would be wrong

However, Saudi is a valued ally.

The action is in New York City that is not really America any more. The mayor has led the city away

[Magnum44]

I gotta say, that is a strange one. Tear drop is not what comes to mind...