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SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TOMB SUFFERS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN IRAQ FIGHTING
ABC7 ^ | Sunday, March 15, 2015

Posted on 03/15/2015 11:16:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The tomb of Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein was virtually leveled in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit.

Fighting intensified to the north and south of Saddam Hussein's hometown Sunday as Iraqi security forces vowed to reach the center of Tikrit within 48 hours. Associated Press video from the village of Ouja, just south of Tikrit, shows all that remains of Hussein's once-lavish tomb are the support columns that held up the roof.

Poster-sized pictures of Saddam, which once covered the mausoleum, are now nowhere to be seen amid the mountains of concrete rubble.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iraq; isis; saddamhussein

1 posted on 03/15/2015 11:16:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Dead dictators have a lot of problems.


2 posted on 03/15/2015 11:17:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

But Bush ain’t one.


3 posted on 03/15/2015 11:18:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Good thing Obozo is keeping order over there.


4 posted on 03/15/2015 11:22:06 PM PDT by boycott
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To: nickcarraway
Iraqi media reported last year that Saddam's body was removed by loyalists amid fears that it would be disturbed in the fighting. The body's location is not known.

It's propped up standing in someone's hall closet somewhere.

5 posted on 03/15/2015 11:55:14 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Riley

Maybe it is back in that hole he was found in when first captured...


6 posted on 03/16/2015 3:24:51 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound

Maybe, but I kind of like the idea of someone’s dinner guests going to hang their coats and...there’s Saddam standing in the closet when they open the door.


7 posted on 03/16/2015 4:29:14 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: nickcarraway
This POS has a @#$%^&@ Tomb ?????
I thought he was to be buried in a unmarked grave so this sh!t wouldn't happen.
He should have been cremated and the ashes dumped in the nearest toilet
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8 posted on 03/16/2015 6:37:51 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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