An aerial view of the 'Al-Mansur' yacht, once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which has been lying on the water bed for years in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, in Basra.STRINGER ...

The 121-meter (396 ft) “al-Mansur,” a symbol of Saddam’s wealth ... Saddam issued orders for the yacht, which he never boarded, to leave its mooring at Umm Qasr to Basra for safekeeping ...

The 121-metre al-Mansur was ordered in 2003, but was never boarded by Saddam Hussein It capsized when US forces targeted the yacht Some Iraqis say the wreck should be preserved, but its ...

This file photo from April 10, 2003 shows former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's luxury yacht the Al-Mansur after it was bombed during the US-led invasion of Iraq — Terry RICHARDS Frozen in time for ...

Another of his yachts has been turned into a hotel in Basra An aerial view of the 'Al Mansur' yacht, once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, which has been lying on the water bed ...

We were dreaming of seeing it. And now those days are over. The world has changed and now it's capsized." The 396-foot 'al-Mansur' yacht was built in the 1980s It served as a symbol of Saddam's wealth ...

The 121-metre (396 ft) “al-Mansur,” a symbol of Saddam’s wealth ... Saddam issued orders for the yacht, which he never boarded, to leave its mooring at Umm Qasr to Basra for safekeeping ...

the rusting wreck of a yacht that belonged to Saddam Hussein serves as a stark reminder of his iron-fisted rule that ended with the US-led invasion two decades ago. The 121-metre "al-Mansur", a ...