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Saturday, April 12, 2003

And now, on a lighter note, here's to hoping the troops got to keep some of the BOOTY they found HERE!

Safe House in 1960s Style: Troops Discover What They Call a Saddam Hideaway
By Chris Tomlinson Associated Press Writer
Published: Apr 12, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The doors of the town house opened to reveal a playboy's fantasy straight from the 1960s: mirrored bedroom, lamps shaped like women, airbrushed paintings of a topless blonde woman and a mustached hero battling a crocodile.
Troops thought it was the home of Saddam Hussein's mistress, though on the wall and in the bedroom were photos of the Iraqi president and a woman who appeared to be his wife. The company commander suspected they had found one of the Iraqi leader's many safe houses.
"This must have been Saddam's love shack," said Sgt. Spencer Willardson of Logan, Utah. (more)

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