
There is some controversy surrounding a yacht that Iraq claims was constructed for Saddam Hussein and wants returned to the country. The current owners are trying to sell the ship for $35 million dollars. If you are in the market, this could easily make a good lair for the next Bond super villain.
According to an account in the French daily Le Figaro, corroborated by Amir-Aslani, the Ocean Breeze, made for a 35-member crew, has about 10 rooms, several salons with large-screen TVs, pools, saunas, gold plumbing fixtures, a prayer room and a portable helicopter pad.
Less glamorous but more telling of Saddam’s real-world concerns are the bulletproof windows, a missile-launching system — disarmed — and a secret passage leading to a mini-submarine for escape if the vessel comes under attack. It was unclear whether the mini-submarine is still part of the yacht, but the Le Figaro account implied that it is.
Saddam’s other yacht is not commanding as high a sales price.

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May 11th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
That’s actually surprisingly cheap for what it is and who it housed.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Why did they only destroy one?
May 11th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
My guess is that they only destroyed the one they did because they thought he was on it, or it got caught up in the fighting