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Monday, April 07, 2003


American Troops Loot Saddam's Presidential Palace.
In the heart of Baghdad, American soldiers who reached the gold-and-blue-domed New Presidential Palace used the toilets, rifled through documents in the bombed-out compound, and helped themselves to ashtrays, pillows, gold-painted Arab glassware and other souvenirs. The Americans also blew up a statue of Saddam on horseback in the center of the city.
Hmm... I wonder if they didn't get to flush since there's no running water.