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| Thumbs Up: Symbol of Saddam’s Vanity May Help ID Him |
| 2003-08-05 |
| A British company that helped build Saddam Hussein’s colossal Victory Arch in Baghdad, which boasts a matched pair of crossed swords held by giant hands, could help identify the ousted Iraqi dictator if and when he is caught. The bronzed statue, often shown in photographs or video of the war with Iraq, was built to commemorate the end of the Iran-Iraq war. See it all the time on TV. Ugly thing "It was an enormous contract to win and obviously at the time we were very happy," said Chris Boveroff, the production director for Morris Singer, a British fine arts foundry. "It’s bloody embarassing now" Saddam wanted the huge fists to bear his own thumbprints, so he sent a set of Plasticine impressions to the foundry. After they were used for the commission 17 years ago, they were placed in the company safe. Say it all together now: "WHAT A MORON!!!" They were forgotten — until the war with Iraq and the hunt for Saddam. |
| Posted by:Patrick Phillips |
| #2 Damn--CSI will have this one figured out before the first commercial break. They'll have to throw in a subplot of Saddam found with a dead transvestite hooker killed with an ice pick to make it more interesting, or viewers will switch over to "America's Funniest Videos". |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-8-5 10:34:56 AM |
| #1 Won't take the CSI guys to figure this one out. |
| Posted by: SPQR 2755 2003-8-5 10:25:15 AM |