The Fight Over Saddam's Yacht
The Ocean Breeze, the lavish 269-foot yacht which once belonged to Saddam Hussein has been listed for sale for $34.45 million but now a French court has frozen the sale until the true owners can be established. The yacht has been moored at Nice since 2003 and is decorated with gold, silver, mahogany and marble (check out our gallery of the yacht from last November). The Iraq government is the chief contender for being the owner but it spent ten years in Saudi waters with 35 crew on permanent standby. Last spring the Saudis offered it to King Abdullah II of Jordan but Iraqi authorities said the yacht should be handed over to them. In the Guardian, the yacht broker Burgess, said that the sale is still going forward. Other assets of Saddam and his regime in France include two villas near Cannes.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JERRY OWENS Feb 14th 2008 10:34AM
the proceeds should go to the USA
If not we should put it on the bottom in little pieces
David Feb 14th 2008 12:09PM
I think they should sell it and give $17.20 to each Iraqi child made homeless by our illegal destruction of their country.
Mike Ackerman Feb 15th 2008 9:46PM
Or you could build a monument to the Kurdish victims of poison gas attacks and museum to remind people of the horrible atrocities perpetrated by Saddam and his regime.
David Feb 15th 2008 11:11PM
The Kurdish Shrine is not a bad idea, as long as they list the US companies who supplied Iraq with the poison gas in the first place. And maybe a mention of Reagan and Bush I being the donors. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.