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Bombastic: US troops destroyed Insane Hussein's LM002
American forces in Iraq have finally killed Saddam Hussein's son's...car. While his megalomaniacal father garnered the lion's share of notoriety, Saddam's cruel depravity was exceeded by his eldest son's, the erstwhile heir apparent to the Iraqi presidency who was known for murdering people he didn't like at parties and torturing Olympic athletes. It only makes sense that a monster of a person should have driven a monster of an automobile: the Lamborghini LM002.
For those unacquainted with the LM002, picture the offspring of a one-night-stand between an exotic Italian supercar and a tank, and you've got an approximate idea. The truck is known to guzzle gas like a fratboy funnels beer, but that posed little concern for a family with all the oil in the world but no one to sell it to.
According to reports, Uday's "Rambo Lambo", already on its last leg and limping to the grave, was recovered by American soldiers who, apparently failing to identify the significance of the vehicle, used it to test explosives. And so, like the fate of its owner, Uday's Lamborghini was no more. The world may be a better place without the Husseins, but we'll mourn the truck.
[Source: Lamborghini Registry via Jalopnik]
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DPC car videos 4:18PM (3/20/2007)
Yes, they had some extreme and awesome cars. I remember a show where they where showing his sons car collection being about 3000 cars many of them being exotic cars.
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jeffinToronto 4:31PM (3/20/2007)
Didn't they first name it the Cheetah?
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The Penguin 4:48PM (3/20/2007)
I feel sory for the LM002, but not its owner.
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The Penguin 4:49PM (3/20/2007)
I feel sorry for the LM002, but not its owner.
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bgdc 4:55PM (3/20/2007)
Morons. Some things you never do - destroying a very rare lambo is one of them.
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Bob R. 5:00PM (3/20/2007)
Istead if bombing it, they should have taked it!
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Ole Morten 5:39PM (3/20/2007)
Only about 300 of those were made. This is a sad day in automotive history. Ignorant soldiers. They should be punished.
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Valentin 5:41PM (3/20/2007)
US-soldiers should take a look into car books before doing such silly things !
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Yago Bal 5:41PM (3/20/2007)
"test explosives"?
Do you seriously thing they were doing a serious explosive test? On those controled facilities?
The explosives are incredibly tested before going to war cenarios: they aren't tested there!
That was just another common stupid way to have a laugh and spend some time, wasting explosives and exploding other peoples properties (not to mention lifes).
I despise it, sorry...
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adrenalnjunky 9:34AM (7/31/2008)
They were testing the effects of an Vehicular IED on a reinforced concrete structure, similar to the ones used to protect goverment installations and their local military bases. to see if they had suficcient protection should some guy roll up to the front gate in a SUV full of dynamite, would the gate/wall hold.
Probably good info to have.
Not like it's an unlikely scenario in that part of the world.
Ole Morten 6:35PM (3/20/2007)
Not exactly news... This car has been in car-heaven for years. It was blown up in 2004.
Not that it matters. It was still stupid.
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a 6:36PM (3/20/2007)
Bad move.
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Yago Bal 6:37PM (3/20/2007)
"test explosives"...
Common: that was just a typical stupid way to have a good time: do you seriously thing they were conducting a serious explosives test there? Those were some test facilities, hum?...
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shame 7:00PM (3/20/2007)
It blowed up real good! hehehe
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Zain 7:08PM (3/20/2007)
How does one "taked" a Lambo?
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The Penguin 7:13PM (3/20/2007)
#14 one must be from the south to "taked" a Lambo
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Jose 8:30PM (3/20/2007)
That was perhaps the missing weapon of mass distruction...
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Bob R. 8:45PM (3/20/2007)
Sorry if this is a double post. It should have said instead and taken. Sorry.
BTW I am not from the south.
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Hagetaka 9:49PM (3/20/2007)
Yawn. FOB Warhorse, Baqubah, Iraq (50 km northeast of Baghdad).
I've got pics of me playing in it back during OIF2.
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Matt 10:13PM (3/20/2007)
should have held on to it, very well-written
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