Well, he may not know he's having a yard sale, but he's having a yard sale...
One of Saddam’s famous hunting hats, a pair of Italian shoes or a whole set of French porcelain: the extravagant former dictator’s belongings looted from his lavish palaces almost a year ago are making a killing on the Baghdad black market...
While many of the precious artefacts of the Baghdad museum were gradually recovered a few months later, looters waited until Saddam was captured last December to take his personal effects out to their backyards.
“You never know,” Iyad smiles. “Now Saddam’s things are selling like crazy, I don’t have much left,” he says...
“This is beautiful, 500 dollars,” he says, as he proudly unfolds a copper-coloured abaya - a full-length Arab garment - in English wool and with the neck edged in gold thread.
An 88-piece cutlery set from the renowned French silverware designer Christofle lightly engraved with a stylised Iraqi eagle is also on sale for around 1,500 dollars.
“With what I have I can redecorate your home to make it look like one of Saddam’s palaces,” boasts Iyad.
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