Saddam's armoured car turns up in US

Saddam's armoured car turns up in US
May 21, 2006

US Customs agents have seized a Mercedes-Benz from an army reservist who says the armour-plated, bulletproof luxury car likely belonged to Saddam Hussein.

First Sergeant William von Zehle said he bought the car while serving in Iraq. US Immigration and Customs enforcement agents said the car, which was also equipped with loudspeakers and hidden microphones, was being treated as a "possible war trophy".

"It belonged to the former Iraqi regime," ICE spokesman Dean Boyd said.

He said investigators were unsure whether the former Iraqi dictator actually owned it.

Von Zehle was quoted in news stories last summer as saying he bought the white 1988 Mercedes Benz 560 SEL for about $US5000 ($6600) in 2003 while serving in Baghdad with the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion.

"I can't prove it, but yeah, this was Saddam Hussein's car," he said this summer.

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I love the US serviceman! I really mean it! US servicemen are the best souvenir hunters in the world and we always have a plausible story to go with each souvenir!

Ever hear about the gold train coming out of Hungary in 1945 that was stopped by the US Army. Funny how that gold has never been seen again in the last 60 years!