Palace of Hussein’s Son Reveals Love of Fast Life
From Times Wire Reports
His zoo has lions, cheetahs and a bear. His storehouse has $1 million in fine wines, liquor and heroin. His house has Cuban cigars, cases of champagne and pictures of naked women.
While most Iraqis suffered under the United Nations sanctions, Saddam Hussein’s eldest son, Uday, lived the fast life, a tour through his bombed house showed.
The walls of a gym were plastered with photos of women, “the biggest collection of naked women I’d ever seen,” said Army Capt. Ed Ballanco.
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