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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: ToxicAdam on May 28, 2009, 02:30:23 AM

Title: Saddam's palaces
Post by: ToxicAdam on May 28, 2009, 02:30:23 AM

Cool blog entry about a guy who took a bunch of photos of Saddam's old palaces (He only visited 8 of the 81 total palaces).

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/saddams-palaces-interview-with-richard.html

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BLDGBLOG: In several of these photos, the soldiers are literally lifting tiles up from the floor as if the buildings had been left unfinished, or they're peering through cracks in the palace walls. From what you could see, were Saddam's palaces badly constructed or were they just heavily damaged during the war?

Mosse: Tiles simply fell from Al-Faw Palace because the cement used there had been poorly salinated. If that can happen to tiles, think what's happening when the entire palace has been built on similarly salinated foundations! It's just a matter of time before Al-Faw collapses in on itself.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3569764818_c3fdc6e911_o.jpg)

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These artificial lakes surrounding the palace are also populated by the infamous "Saddam Bass." It's said that Saddam would feed the bodies of his political opponents to these monsters. In fact, they're not bass at all, but a breed of asp fish. U.S. troops stationed at Camp Victory love to fish on these lakes, and a 105-pound specimen was recently caught

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Title: Re: Saddam's palaces
Post by: Powerslave on May 28, 2009, 07:48:46 AM

RIP Saddam :'(

Title: Re: Saddam's palaces
Post by: muckhole on May 28, 2009, 10:38:15 AM

More like fishin'accomplished.jpg.

HA

ho

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Title: Re: Saddam's palaces
Post by: Tauntaun on May 28, 2009, 10:43:37 AM

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/187683647_3c29f5ef0f.jpg?v=0)