Saddam Hussein: Blofeld wannabe
Far be it from me to lecture the Iraqi government on its sense of priority but who knew that saving Saddam Hussein’s yacht for the nation was anywhere near the top of the to do list?
That said, it sounds a very desirable piece of kit…
The former dictator’s 269-foot (82-meter) yacht is fitted with swimming pools, salons, a secret escape passage and a rocket-launching system.
Clearly a fan out the mid-period Bond films was our Saddam. No doubt he also had a big red button opening a trap door to drop adversaries into shark-infested water. But a secret escape passage? On a boat? To where, exactly? Getting wet, presumably.
Update: I take it back – ‘There is also, apparently, a secret passage leading to a mini-submarine escape pod’. Did Saddam not see Diamonds are Forever? Those mini-submarine escape pods have a terrible safety record.
Posted on January 21st, 2009 at 11:36am under Iraq
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I can’t remember where, but I recently read it had an escape submarine… so even more Blofeld than you imagined.
Yeah, I just found it in the Guardian. I bet it wasn’t really a tiny submarine. I bet the passage led to a rubber ring, a swimming cap and a porthole.
The BBC reported it, so it must be true:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7705154.stm
Blofeld was Polish you know and his middle name was Stavros, which I think is both educational and midly funny.
Stavro, I thought?
Tom, you’re right, I got carried away and was thinking of Harry Enfield.
Apologies one and all.