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Scattered across Iraq lie more than 100 opulent palaces and villas built by former dictator Saddam Hussein some in use, many in ruins like much of the war-scarred country.With their marble columns, ornate carvings and gaudy furniture, they reflected the megalomania and delusions of grandeur of Saddam, who visited some of them only once or twice.In his Babylon residence, the feared strongman's profile is engraved in bas-relief like that of the Mesopotamian emperor he idolised, Chaldean dynasty king Nebuchadnezzar II.
Scattered across Iraq lie more than 100 opulent palaces and villas built by former dictator Saddam Hussein – some in use, many in ruins like much of the war-scarred country.
Scattered across Iraq lie more than 100 opulent palaces and villas built by former dictator Saddam Hussein some in use, many in ruins like much of the war-scarred country.