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To: KonKilo who wrote (62690)12/21/2002 5:37:19 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
My mistake, they are government sites.

OTOH just fer grins I Googled saddam palaces and got 22,500 sites on them. This one is from the Iraqi National Congress.

You may want to do your own Google search about Iraq.

inc.org.uk

Saddam's Palaces

"The fact that Saddam Hussein is spending hundreds of millions to build palaces and refusing to use the humanitarian programme the United Nations has authorised shows the hypocrisy of his claims that he is concerned about his people's suffering." - UN official

Saddam Hussein has spent more than 2 billion dollars since 1990 building new palaces and renovating old ones. There are at least 50 palaces and luxury residences around Iraq for the sole use of Saddam and his family. One of them is larger than Versailles.

Tons of marble has been looted from Iraq's priceless archaeological sites to be used in a new palace on the shore of an artificial lake, created by diverting the Tigris near Saddam's birthplace of Tikrit. The dictator also spends huge sums to smuggle marble and other supplies into Iraq despite the embargo.

Saddam continues to spend billions of the Iraqi people's money to build himself lavish palaces. The United Nations sanctions committee has pointedly turned down the regime's repeated applications to import marble, alabaster and water fountains -- favourite items in Saddam's palaces.
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