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Saddam Hussein's rifle up for sale

Feeling nostalgic for the good old days of the Iraq War?

An online auction site is selling a rifle once owned by Saddam Hussein — allegedly the one he so famously waved around and festively fired in the air at various public events. The price of owning a little piece of history to help you remember that other brutal dictator known for occasionally gassing his own people?...

Read entire article at Washington Post