Man arrested for possessing a buttock of Saddam

[muriel_volestrangler]

A man in England has been arrested for possessing part of a statue of Saddam Hussein — one half of his buttocks, more accurately “a buttock” — which is a violation of the 2003 Iraq Sanctions Order prohibiting the importation of “Iraqi cultural property,” British authorities claim in a story by the Guardian.

The man was apparently working for former elite forces soldier, Nigel “Spud” Ely of the SAS, who said he saved the piece from being melted into scrap metal after he saw the statue being toppled by U.S. Marines in Baghdad in 2003.

The man who was arrested had been trying to find a buyer for the war relic, authorities told the Guardian:

As well as expressing shock at the arrest, Ely described the Iraqi authorities’ claim to be rightful owners of the bronze as “like the Elgin Marbles with attitude”.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/hottopics/2012/01/20/man-arrested-for-possessing-a-buttock-of-saddam/

[rrneck]

1. That's one expensive piece of ass.

Okay, somebody had to say it.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Now that is an attention-grabbing headline!

With that headline, I just had to read it. All I can say is-----Iraqi "cultural" property?????? A place that was the seat of the Persian Empire, and this could be considered cultural??? OMG.

[tawadi]

3. I had to read it too

Thought maybe he'd come back to life.

[trusty elf]

4. The Left Behind?

[krispos42]

5. Okay, that goes into next weeks' DUzies...

[Mojo on Stand-by]

6. The man who was arrested had been trying to find a buyer for the war relic

Well, that makes perfect sense really. Owning an ass for personal use is one thing but selling it on is clearly traficking.