{"id":94944,"date":"2014-07-01T21:04:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=94944"},"modified":"2014-07-01T21:04:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:04:16","slug":"bronze-bust-of-former-iraq-dictator-saddam-hussein-found-in-baghdad-airport-debris-in-2003-to-sell-for-10million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=94944","title":{"rendered":"Bronze bust of former Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein found in Baghdad airport debris in 2003 to sell for $10million"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saddam-Hussein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-94941\" title=\" \u054d\u0561\u0564\u0561\u0574 \u0540\u0578\u0582\u057d\u0565\u0575\u0576\u056b \u0562\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0566\u0565 \u056f\u056b\u057d\u0561\u0576\u0564\u0580\u056b\" alt=\"Saddam Hussein\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saddam-Hussein.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saddam-Hussein.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saddam-Hussein-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saddam-Hussein-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A bronze bust of former dictator Saddam Hussein which was found in debris in war-torn Iraq is being sold for a jaw-dropping $10million (\u00a36million).<\/p>\n<p>The 40kg war trophy was spotted by former US Army soldier Earl Torres, 47, from Las Vegas, as he cleared Baghdad International Airport in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The bust, which is around 17 inches in height, formed part of a 15ft statue of Saddam and was picked up by Torres who brought it back to the US after a 13-month tour of duty.<\/p>\n<p>The statue was partially-destroyed after an intense battle in the airport which became the hub of American operations during the war in Iraq for seven years.<br \/>\nTorres, who served in the army for 14 years, has already attracted interest from potential buyers &#8211; but he says he is yet to agree on a price.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A bronze bust of former dictator Saddam Hussein which was found in debris in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":94941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,224,137],"tags":[11833,11831,11832,407],"class_list":["post-94944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east","category-news","category-world","tag-baghdad-airport","tag-bronze-bust","tag-dictator-saddam-hussein","tag-iraq","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}