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- Ocean Breeze yacht once owned by Saddam HusseinFOX News: Iraq to Sell Saddam Hussein's Luxury Yacht (November 3, 2008)
- Built secretly in a Danish shipyard in 1981Times Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling
- 269 feet longFOX News: Iraq to Sell Saddam Hussein's Luxury Yacht (November 3, 2008)
- Can accommodate a crew of 35Times Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling
- Original name: Qadissiyet Saddam; renamed the Basra BreezeTimes Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling AFP: Iraq to sell Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht (November 2, 2008)
- Yacht features a helicopter landing pad, swimming pools, a mosque and a "secret escape passageway"Sky News: Saddam's Luxury Yacht Up for Sale (November 3, 2008) ref na
- Other features include a rocket launcher, bulletproof windows and a mini-submarineTimes Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling
- Hussein reportedly never stayed on the yachtTimes Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling
- Reports say a yacht brokerage firm once tried to sell the Ocean Breeze for $35 millionBBC News: Saddam's luxury yacht up for sale (November 3, 2008) ABC News: The Battle for Saddam's Luxury Yacht (February 15, 2008)
- Asking price as of October 2008 thought to be around $32 million U.S. dollarsTimes Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling
- One broker said the yacht's history "is a good selling point"Times Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling
- Hussein's yacht Al Mansur was destroyed by U.S. missiles in southern Iraq in 2003Scotsman.com: For sale: luxury 270ft yacht, one previous owner... (November 3, 2008)
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Iraq has agreed to sell a luxury yacht previously owned by former dictator Saddam Hussein. Reports say the 269-foot "superyacht," the Ocean Breeze, could get more than 32 million dollars. The yacht was seized by French authorities in January 2008, and after a court hearing, was awarded to the Iraqi government.FOX News: Iraq to Sell Saddam Hussein's Luxury Yacht (November 3, 2008) Times Online: For sale at L20m: Saddam's floating palace of bling
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