Amman, 15 July (AKI) - Jordanian border guards
have blocked an attempt to smuggle a limousine
belonging to toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
from Iraq through Jordan and then onto the United
States. The black Mercedes-Benz IS600 was stopped at
a Iraqi-Jordanian border crossing and its occupants,
several Iraqi nationals, were arrested, the deputy
director of Jordanian customs, Khalf al-Hazima told
the Jordanian daily al-Rai on Friday.
Authorities believe the car was stolen from one of
Saddam Hussein's numerous palaces in Iraq in the
aftermath of the US-led invasion in 2003.
According to al-Hazima, the incident is the latest
of many attempts to smuggle into Jordan valuables
pillaged from Saddam's palaces. |
Former dictator
Saddam Hussein
Photo : AP |
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