This was one of the innermost sanctums of the Saddam regime — a pink chiffon hideaway where the dictator’s playboy son Uday appears to have entertained his numerous, defenceless, sexual “conquests”.Two minutes south along the Tigris from Saddam’s giant Republican Palace, the sight of Arabian nights minarets, heart-shaped pillows and a swimming pool with in-pool bar are the first indications that this is no ordinary Hussein family residence. As a symbol of excess deposed, it cannot be bettered.
The gilt-edged glass goblets with which the voracious Uday once tempted young girls now lie shattered by an American shell that has ripped the heart out of the pleasure dome.
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