SOURCE: Washington Post
9-5-13
tags: Iraq, auctions, artifacts, firearms, Saddam Hussein, rifles
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9-5-13
Saddam Hussein's rifle up for sale
Breaking Newstags: Iraq, auctions, artifacts, firearms, Saddam Hussein, rifles
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?...
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