Thursday, April 17, 2003
Here's a telling piece from an Independent news story:
'The addiction of Saddam Hussein and his family to firepower was shown by the earlier discovery of gold-plated and silver-plated rifles and pistols in an abandoned house belonging to the deposed dictator's oldest son, Uday. While these weapons were left behind, looters stole hundreds of Beretta 9mm pistols, leaving the boxes scattered on the floor. A crate of a dozen Austrian-made Steyr assault rifles was found, but many more had disappeared.'
Note that the looters left the showy weapons and took the useful ones.
Andrew 10:55 AM : |
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