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Hussein's 'Love Shack' Discovered
Washington Post ^
| April 12, 2003
| Chris Tomlinson
Posted on 04/12/2003 4:31:17 PM PDT by k2blader
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, air-brushed paintings of a topless blonde woman and a mustached hero battling a crocodile.
On the wall and in the bedroom were photos of Saddam Hussein and one of his mistresses. Military officials suspect they found one of the paranoid Iraqi leader's many safe houses.
"This must have been Saddam's love shack," said Sgt. Spencer Willardson of Logan, Utah.
[snip]
One of the air-brushed paintings depicted a topless blonde woman, with a green demon behind her, pointing a finger at a mythic hero. From the tip of her finger came a giant serpent, which had wrapped itself around the warrior.
Another showed a buxom woman chained to a barren desert mountain ledge, with a huge dragon diving down to kill her with sharpened talons.
The home's 1960s look - parodied in the series of "Austin Powers" spy spoofs - inspired a round of imitations from soldiers slogging door to door.
"Yeah, baaabeee," said Carter, doing his best imitation of actor Mike Myers' character.
"Shagadelic," another soldier shouted.
Indeed, the carpet was navy blue shag.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: decapitation; embeddedreport; greatthreads; loveshack; palace; saddam
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by
k2blader
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posted on
04/12/2003 4:33:20 PM PDT
by
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To: k2blader
Safe sex may consist of getting around without bruising anything - eh?
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posted on
04/12/2003 4:38:45 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(It still isn’t safe enough to vote DemocRAT…)
To: Support Free Republic
Dude-- that's just nasty.
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posted on
04/12/2003 4:41:18 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.)
To: ovrtaxt
This just in Bill Clinton just put in a bid at E BAY for the love shack LOL
To: k2blader
Maybe some smart Iraqi capitalist will buy it and rent out the rooms by the hour?
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posted on
04/12/2003 4:49:58 PM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(ROR)
To: k2blader
Coming soon to a theater near you, "Saddy Shack".
Leni
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posted on
04/12/2003 4:50:41 PM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(THIS JUST IN ! Astonishing fare reduction for FReeps Ahoy Cruise! Check it out, pronto!)
To: k2blader
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posted on
04/12/2003 4:50:44 PM PDT
by
Cagey
To: k2blader
...and Wife claims I'm kinky because I only do it if Fox News is on...
prisoner6
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posted on
04/12/2003 4:54:39 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
( Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
To: k2blader
T%he reporter means "air-brush paintings," not "air-brushed paintings." An air-brush painting is one in which the artist's medium was the air-brush. An air-brushed painting is a painting that has been altered--i.e., censored--with air-brushing. There is a radical difference between a air-brush painting of a topless woman and an air-brushed painting of a topless woman.
To: k2blader
Aw great, now I've got the two competing songs playing in my head, that B-52s 'Love Shack' and Dusty Springfield's 'The Look of Love.' (in case anyone remembers Casino Royale with Peter Sellers).
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:11:42 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~Remember, it's not sporting to fire at RINO until charging~)
To: k2blader
Ewwwww.....
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:18:29 PM PDT
by
OpusatFR
(Freud was right! Martha Burk has golf ball envy.)
To: k2blader
The only thing worse than a dictator is a dictator with bad taste.
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:30:47 PM PDT
by
exit82
To: k2blader
Can you say...lurid?
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:31:02 PM PDT
by
Theresa
(on)
To: k2blader
Love Shack, Baby!
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:35:04 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: Libloather
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:37:26 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: ovrtaxt
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:39:50 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: k2blader
Like I said on another thread....it's time to get the DNA guys in there, mach schnell, to collect some goo!
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:40:04 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Bumperootus!)
To: ErnBatavia
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:46:12 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: Theresa
Satan and Pookie sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G...
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posted on
04/12/2003 5:50:47 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
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