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2005-01-27 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dar 2005-01-27 12:19:49 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A long time ago, I read how the Iraqis had purchased a ship from Italy, how the ship was almost completed when the embargo came into effect, and how the ship was just sitting at an Italian port with an Iraqi crew, unable to leave for years. I wonder what ever happened to it and them?

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-27 8:24:02 PM|| 2005-01-27 8:24:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 it captured the De Gaulle

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-27 8:33:44 PM|| 2005-01-27 8:33:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Anonymoose - I didn't know anything about that story till last summer, when I visited a friend in La Spezia, where the vessel was laid down. Apparently on their first attempt to return to Iraq the crew got lost in the Med and the Italian Navy had to come to their rescue, returning them to port. When war broke out the Iraqis were left in limbo, and without funds. They stripped the vessel of anything sellable and, I believe, the boat never left port again. Some still live in La Spezia.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-01-28 4:18:26 AM|| 2005-01-28 4:18:26 AM|| Front Page Top

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