Saddam Hussein's 121-metre al-Mansur capsized when it was targeted by US forces in 2003, but he had never boarded the yacht.
25 minutes agoSpace to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.The rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein now serves as the locals' favourite picnic spot in southern Iraq.abc.net.
"When it was owned by the former president, no one could come close to it," fisherman Hussein Sabahi said as he enjoys ending a long day on the river with a cup of tea aboard the wreck.Saddam issued orders for the yacht, which he never boarded, to leave its mooring at the Umm Qasr port for safekeeping, a few weeks after the invasion began on March 20, 2003.
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