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Paradise For an International Fugitive: Saddam's Tigris Hut

Saddam's Hut; Photo: AFP

The Washington Post has a detailed look inside Saddam's Tikrit hut. Gothamist has broken it down so you too can live like a dictator on the run, once you get a two room mud hut with rusty beds.

Clothing: Three pairs of white boxer shorts and two white sleeveless undershirts (XL and XXL) still in their plastic wrapping...(with "A row of bright blue hooks for hanging clothing; the middle one is shaped like a heart.")

Food: Walnuts, pistachios, brown eggs, cucumbers, carrots, apples, kiwis, flatbread, orange marmalade, canned meat, a jar of honey and Lipton tea; delicacies of pistachio baklava and candied figs.

Personal care: Palmolive Naturals soap, Dove moisturizing shampoo, a pot of SAJ moisturizing crème, and a stick of Lacoste deodorant "pour homme"; plus, two cans of Raid, a flyswatter, and antibiotics.

Books: Interpreting dreams book, books of Arabic poetry, Crime & Punishment

Also WP has a classic quote from one soldier about Saddam's hut: "I expected it to be neater at least." Ah, Saddam, messy, just like us.

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Comments [rss]

  • Canned meat... as in SPAM... as in Pork... Though Saddam and family hasn't really ever lived up to Muslim tenets anyway.

  • Ari

    See... I too would have thought a psychotic despot would have a more compulsive approach to housekeeping as well. Glad to see I'm not the only one whose domestic illusions about Saddam were shattered. I'm definitely surprised he's no neat freak. lol

  • Crime and Punishment?! Hmmmm, Saddam=Raskolnikov ... I'm sure one could come up with a ton of material on that one.

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