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CAR lovers in Iraq, tired of an endless parade of sand-coloured Humvees, got a bit of a treat yesterday when police discovered five fancy cars – each a tad dusty – once owned by a notorious son of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
The cars, two Rolls Royces and several vintage classics, had been stolen from Odai Hussein’s palace during looting after the US-led invasion in 2003, police said. For years, the cars were buried beneath the dirt of an orchard in Baghdad’s Dora neighbourhood.
A group planned to smuggle the cars out of the country and sell them, said a police officer .
Police learned of the plan after a tip-off, he said. They followed large trucks into the orchard to find the spot where the cars were buried and then arrested three people.
The cars, now in police possession, were shown to the media yesterday. It was unclear what would become of them.
Odai Hussein and his younger brother Qusai were both killed in a gunbattle with US forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 2003, a few months after the invasion of Iraq
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The cars, two Rolls Royces and several vintage classics, had been stolen from Odai Hussein’s palace during looting after the US-led invasion in 2003, police said. For years, the cars were buried beneath the dirt of an orchard in Baghdad’s Dora neighbourhood.
A group planned to smuggle the cars out of the country and sell them, said a police officer .
Police learned of the plan after a tip-off, he said. They followed large trucks into the orchard to find the spot where the cars were buried and then arrested three people.
The cars, now in police possession, were shown to the media yesterday. It was unclear what would become of them.
Odai Hussein and his younger brother Qusai were both killed in a gunbattle with US forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 2003, a few months after the invasion of Iraq
Check out this video:
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/...&y=Search&c=av
Saddam's cars:
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slides...66577ab9beef0a
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