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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: Orcastraiter who wrote (35247)7/13/2004 10:38:54 PM
From: Brumar89Read Replies (1) of 81568
 
Sorry you are mistaken. Iraq was linked primarily to Russia, France, and China. His palaces seem to have been built by Yugoslav and German companies.

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Many of the Iraqi bunkers and tunnels were built by Aeroinzenjering, a Serbian engineering firm that used to be under military control in the former Yugoslavia.
The firm, which is now privately owned and based in Belgrade, also built airports in Iraq.
With a few other Serbian construction companies, it accepted numerous contracts from Saddam Hussein's government in the 1970s and 1980s to build a network of interlinked tunnels and bunkers for the dictator's protection in the event of a war, and possibly to hide weapons.
The Serb companies also worked on palaces and mansions for Saddam Hussein and important members of his inner circle.
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According to a recent report in the German magazine Focus, the bunker under the Baghdad palace is the work of the same construction company that built air-raid shelters for Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Duesseldorf-based firm Boswau & Knauer began construction in 1982 when the Iraqi leader feared a nuclear attack from neighbouring Iran.
The bunker, which is thought to have cost US$90-million, is said to be equipped with a swimming pool, a gourmet kitchen, a recreation room and nursery for Saddam Hussein's grandchildren and children of key members of his inner circle. His bedroom is decorated in a Napoleonic motif, with a tent-style king-sized bed on a wood inlay frame.
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