WORLD BRIEFING / IRAQ
Times Wire Reports
A luxury yacht that belonged to executed dictator Saddam Hussein will be towed from Greece to a port in southern Iraq after the resolution of an ownership dispute, the Iraqi government said.
The 269-foot yacht is fitted with swimming pools, salons, a secret escape passage and a rocket-launching system.
French authorities seized the boat Jan. 31, 2008, after it docked in Nice.
It is undergoing maintenance work in Greece, and Iraq plans to sell it.
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