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2009-01-22 Iraq

Iraq tows Saddam's luxury yacht from France

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Posted by Fred 2009-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Baath Party

#1 I hear the telegraph a-clackin in Eyl.

Posted by Al-Aska Paul, Resident Imam 2009-01-22 01:44|| 2009-01-22 01:44|| Front Page Top

#2 One of the comments:

The president of the United States has to be happy with no yacht, and a house that is tiny and poor by arab potentate standards. Saddam thought he was an emperor and deserved giant yachts and more than 78 palaces, most of them build during the US embargo that muslims like to call the starving of Iraqi children. I wonder why they didn't notice all those new palaces going up all over Iraq?

Posted by gorb 2009-01-22 04:22|| 2009-01-22 04:22|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope they are headed for Somali waters.

Posted by imoyaro 2009-01-22 11:53|| 2009-01-22 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The president of the United States has to be happy with no yacht

Well, the previous one was. The new one likens himself to FDR and JFK, so maybe in the 2009 Democratic Reelection Stimulus Package they can get the old one back. We know there are a number of equally expensive figurative palaces in the package, we haven't had enough time to find any literal ones yet, but we won't be surprised if there are one or two.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-22 12:22|| 2009-01-22 12:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Excuse me, why would the President want ONE smallish boat, when he effectively has a whole Navy?
Who would fall all ove themselves to have a "Ship" for the Presidents use.

Posted by Rednek Jim 2009-01-22 15:05|| 2009-01-22 15:05|| Front Page Top

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