Posted on 07/16/2009 7:43:34 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
Saddam Hussein spent billions building dozens of vast, gaudy palaces all over Iraq, many of which are still occupied by US troops. But the Iraqi government is divided - as usual - on what to do with them once the soldiers have gone...
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...‘For sale/rent: 80 presidential palaces, average unit living space half-a-million square feet. Attached gardens featuring disused swimming pools, personal zoos/nuclear bunkers etc. Rooms fitted with thrones and gold lavatories, en suite torture chamber optional. Some bomb damage. Suit megalomaniac or similar.’
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
LOL! It would suit his tastes better than that ol' house he's living in now.
That would make a great place to build a luxury spa, hotel and restaurants. As for the American MSM, it's a goner.
The author and photographer are listed on this page. He is writing a book about the 4th infantry division, the site says. Beautiful photos!
U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general, Multinational Force Iraq, reenlisted 1,215 U.S. servicemembers from all over Iraq July 4, 2008, during a ceremony in the Al Faw Palace rotunda at Camp Victrory in Baghdad. Photo by MNF-I Public Affair
Turn them into luxury hotels perhaps.
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