US auction Web site offers Saddam uniform for sale

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BAK645051.htm

US auction Web site offers Saddam uniform for sale


BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. auction house is trying to sell one of Saddam Hussein's military uniforms online, calling it an "ultimate artefact" of the U.S. war in Iraq.

Manion's International Auction House (www.manions.com) is offering the olive green dress uniform, complete with Saddam's special rank on its shoulder straps, at a starting price of $5,000, but expects it to sell for much more.

"We have only seen one other Hussein uniform here at Manion's, and it realised over $20,000 at auction," the auctioneer says on its Web site.

The company says the uniform was obtained by a soldier in the U.S. army's Third Infantry Division after American troops seized Baghdad airport in April 2003.

[henslee]

1. I saw the "Band of Brothers's - Eagle's Nest Episode". More power

to the foot soldiers trying to make a buck with Saddam's war booty.

[Angry Girl]

2. It has Rumsfeld's stain on it too

I'm sorry....

No, I'm not! :evilgrin:

URGENT! Timing is critical to save earthquake victims before winter!

[daleo]

3. Would Saddam have left his uniform at the Baghdad airport?

"The company says the uniform was obtained by a soldier in the U.S. army's Third Infantry Division after American troops seized Baghdad airport in April 2003.

According to the military orders governing U.S. forces in Iraq, soldiers are forbidden from taking any artefacts or souvenirs from the country except in very rare circumstances, a U.S. military spokeswoman said on Saturday."

Besides being against military orders, this just seems kind of unlikely.

[Xithras]

4. That order is fairly regularly ignored.

I have friends and family who have been in Iraq, and one who is still there right now. All of them brought gifts back when they returned, and several shipped things back while they were still over there.

The order is in place so the military can prosecute soldiers dumb enough to bring high profile souvenirs back and make a big deal out of them. 99.9% of the stuff that comes back is completely ignored.

[jazzjunkysue]

5. There's not enough Ziploc in the WORLD

And this just after a NY TImes piece on Bed bugs in NYC hotels!'


Makes you want to lock yourself in your house.
:scared: