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THE hole where Saddam Hussein was found is to be taken to America
The Sun ^
| 12/23/03
| NICK PARKER
Posted on 12/22/2003 7:14:59 PM PST by Pikamax
From NICK PARKER Chief Foreign Correspondent, in Tikrit THE hole where Saddam Hussein was found is to be taken to America as a monument to his capture.
US military engineers plan to excavate a huge block of Iraqi soil containing the underground chamber.
It might even be turned into a tourist attraction with money raised going to relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq.
Commanders want Saddams last hiding place to be displayed at the giant Fort Hood military base in Texas.
It is home to the 4th Infantry Division, which seized Saddam on December 13.
US Army spokesman Major Gordon Tate said yesterday in the toppled tyrants home city Tikrit: Our engineers are looking at ways of moving the hole back to the States.
It would involve securing and moving hundreds of tons of clay in an enormous block.
Engineers say the feat is possible and worth the effort to bring home the most spectacular trophy of Gulf War II.
More than 600 troops took part in the operation that snared Saddam on December 13 after an eight-month hunt.
They swooped on the 6ft by 3ft underground spider hole five paces from a hut on a farm in Ad Dawr. The village is ten miles south of Tikrit.
US forces have arrested Iraqi intelligence officer Gen Mumtaz al-Taji, who was suspected of directing terror attacks on Americans north of Baghdad.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4thid; forthood; souvenirs; spiderhole; viceisclosed
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:15:00 PM PST
by
Pikamax
To: Pikamax
It might even be turned into a tourist attraction with money raised going to relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq. .... damned if we can't make a buck off anything and everything.LOL
To: Pikamax
That would be wicked...but why dont they just recreate it? Seems like a waste of taxpayers money (like that ever mattered)
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:18:50 PM PST
by
smith288
(Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
To: Pikamax
Marvelous.
But perhaps it would make a more fitting tomb for him, after the Iraqis put him on trial?
To: Pikamax
funny. I wonder if this is british humor?
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:18:58 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Saddam is out of the hole and into the quagmire!)
To: BlueLancer
Ping!
6
posted on
12/22/2003 7:19:10 PM PST
by
dighton
To: Pikamax
I just woke up and find out that I
am living in bizzaro world.
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:19:22 PM PST
by
DefCon
To: Pikamax
And how many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hall?
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:20:52 PM PST
by
Publius
To: Pikamax
A nice new exhibit at the Smithsonian!
9
posted on
12/22/2003 7:22:25 PM PST
by
July 4th
(George W. Bush, Avenger of the Bones)
To: smith288
There's no telling how much it will cost to make Saddam's rat hole comply with ADA regulations.
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:23:06 PM PST
by
nhoward14
(Don't *MISS* out on *ROOTING* for *THE* Cowboys! Go *QUINCY*)
To: SouthernFreebird
We could raise even more if they put SH back into it!
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:23:23 PM PST
by
cinFLA
To: Pikamax
Saddam: "Well, I have no idea where I'm headed, but my hole is going to Disneyland!"
12
posted on
12/22/2003 7:25:04 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Chilling Effect-1, Global Warming-0)
To: DefCon
I think the hole would fare better in the Ripley's Wax Museum.
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:25:09 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: Pikamax
Oh man if this is true, the DUh'ers and the Bartcrappers are gonna flip out!
"You're just going to create 4,000 Osama's if you do that!"
To: Publius
>>And how many holes does it take to fill the Albert Hall?
Approximately the same number as in Blackburn, Lancashire - 4000.
But those were rather small holes. Saddam's tended towards medium-sized.
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:25:49 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(this space intentionally blank)
To: Pikamax
Here is the proof that the Americans were only after Iraqi Soil!
/sarcasm duh...
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:27:18 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Did you see me escaping? I was all like WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB!!!)
To: DefCon
I just woke up and find out that I am living in bizzaro world.
Hey, if the 4th ID wants that hole as a souvenir, then that's okay with just about everyone else in the country.
To: Pikamax
How cool is this.
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:28:37 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Hillary would get 100% of the Islamist Terrorist vote)
To: Pikamax
...and worth the effort to bring home the most spectacular trophy of Gulf War II. I thought the troops were forbidden to collect and bring home war trophies? I guess what's good for the goose is not good for the gander.
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:29:39 PM PST
by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: doug from upland
How cool is this.
Way cool, Hillery! will have a rock to crawl under.
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posted on
12/22/2003 7:32:44 PM PST
by
tet68
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