Saddam's 'Basra Breeze'. Maybe the new Dictator Hussein can spare the $30 million for this float.
Posted on 11/02/2008 9:55:46 AM PST by SolidWood
Back in August, my colleague Deidre Woollard reported on a court ruling that Saddam Hussein's yacht Basra Breeze (formerly Ocean Breeze) belonged to the Iraqi government after a Cayman island firm partly owned by King Abdullah of Jordan claimed possession. Now the Iraqis have put the 269-ft. megayacht up for sale with a pricetag of $30 million, but the décor is so tacky and outdated it will require at least another $30 million to overhaul the ship, the London Times reports.
Launched in 1981, the ship features acres of marble and gold, Arabesque arches, dark wood carvings, "deep pile carpets in lurid colours and rugs woven with views of holy cities", and gold faucets in the bathrooms. There's also a bulletproof atrium with banquet seating for 200, two medical treatment centers and a mini operating theater, and a helipad. In Saddam's time the ship had a crew of up to 35 on 24-hour call, but the dictator was so paranoid he barely ever left Iraq or spent any time onboard.
Saddam's 'Basra Breeze'. Maybe the new Dictator Hussein can spare the $30 million for this float.
GO FOR IT OBAMA! YOU GOT THE BUCKS!
Ping
He might not even need Rezko’s help this time.
You can buy the old USS United States ocean liner cheaper than that ... but I admit, nice boat ....
who put in the updated tv’s?
Looks like the bridal suite at Knight’s Inn.
go for it Barack Hussein Obama! you can call it Yatch One!
Enjoy it before the floor drops out from under you.
Nawwwwwww.....take the valuables out of it and sink it.
Where did I put my checkbook?
The three TV’s were so that Saddam could watch his favorite programs—NBC, CNN and MSNBC.
Very tacky.
Adnans Kashoggis boat Nabile was much nicer
I was already looking for his goofy seal on it!
it’s a beaut on the outside.
But WOW is the decor tacky. Seriously powerful brain-eating sort of tacky. It’s even worse than velvet-Elvis tacky.
Some enterprising person should buy it and do historical tours up and down the Tigris river. Then they can leave the decor and just refit to carry lots of passengers. The decor would just be part of the tour.
I wouldn’t change a thing. The fun of it is that it’s Saddam Hussein’s yacht. It should be kept as tacky as possible.
In the world of Mega-yacts, you just can’t keep up for a measly $60 Million. But for half that, you can buy something absolutely unique!
Obama is buying it and renaming it, “HOPE FLOATS”. ;)
Well, that does look like Christianne Amanpour on the center screen...
Funny, but I was thinking the same thing.
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