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That April 2004 attack came nearly a year after an Associated Press photographer captured a smiling Popaditch smoking a cigar, with the just-fallen statue of Saddam Hussein in the background. The photograph landed on newspaper front pages,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, garnering Popaditch worldwide attention.
A decorated Marine veteran famously photographed smoking a cigar after the fall of BaYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Loginad is running for Congress in California's most southern district.
California's heavily Democratic 51st Congressional District stretches along the Mexican border from San Diego's suburbs to the Arizona state line.
Nick Popaditch announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Republican nomination to unseat Democrat Bob Filner.
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Filner, first elected in 1992, was re-elected last year with 73 percent of the vote.
Decorated, cigar-smoking Marine runs for Congress
  |    |     |  Decorated, cigar-smoking Marine runs for Congress');" Rate                                                                                                          FILE - This April 9,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 2003 file photo shows Staff Sgt. Nick Popaditch of the...
Known as "Gunny Pop," the 42-year-old Popaditch was awarded the Silver Star for combat actions in Fallujah,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, where he was blinded in one eye by a rocket-propelled grenade.