SSTF@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSaddam Hussein's gold-plated MP5SD. Photograph 2003.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down11
arrow-up1110arrow-down1imageSaddam Hussein's gold-plated MP5SD. Photograph 2003.lemmy.worldSSTF@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·edit-29 days agoYou’re not gonna fuckin believe this. One of his guns is in the British Museum after some unknown third party claimed Hussein gifted it to them. Most of the others are in Cairo’s Presidential Gifts Museum.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 days agoClassic British Museum 🤣
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoFR, yeah, once in 2010 they used the riots to sneak out a sarcophagus from Cairo, Egypt.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoEurope had a real sarcophagus shortage at the time.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoTBF the ones left in egypt at the time were not in good condition after the riots.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoThey were also quite old.
You’re not gonna fuckin believe this.
One of his guns is in the British Museum after some unknown third party claimed Hussein gifted it to them. Most of the others are in Cairo’s Presidential Gifts Museum.
Classic British Museum 🤣
FR, yeah, once in 2010 they used the riots to sneak out a sarcophagus from Cairo, Egypt.
Europe had a real sarcophagus shortage at the time.
TBF the ones left in egypt at the time were not in good condition after the riots.
They were also quite old.