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Double Jeopardy: Iraqis destroyed Uday's Ferrari, too
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has apparently rejected our petition over the destruction of Uday Hussein's Lamborghini as an indictable war crime, so we've come back with more evidence. (Just to be clear, we're not mourning the death of the car's notorious owner, but we maintain our position, in jest, that exotic Italian automobiles should be spared the ravages of war.)
The Rambo Lambo certainly wasn't Uday's sole daily driver. In fact, he was rumored to have a garage with some 2,000 cars in his possession. This little piece of double jeopardy reveals the destruction of a Ferrari 550 Maranello, which apparently suffered a worse fate than it did at the hands of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys II. The empty husk of a burnt out Ferrari is all that remains after a rioting mob reportedly set fire to it and left it for dead. We'll share the sentiment that we can't really blame the Iraqi citizens who, in their newfound freedom, lashed out against the property of the late tyrant, who evidently purchased this two-hundred-thousand-dollar car while they were starving and he was cashing in on the humanitarian supplies furnished by NGOs that was supposed to be going to them.
And so, Ferrari aficionados, 550 Maranello s/n ZFFZR49B000112891 met its demise. With a bit of elbow grease and a sheet of thick glass, that engine block would make a beautiful coffee table. We've got more pictures after the jump, but we recommend you get a box of tissues, because the carnage is a bit of a tear-jerker.
[Source: Le Blog Auto]
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John P. 11:50AM (3/22/2007)
I won't be shedding a tear for him or his collection of rape finding rides, sorry.
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oren 11:51AM (3/22/2007)
Ebay it! there are prob still a lot of $$ in parts somewhere on there...
http://www.montrealvip.com/montrealgrandprix.html
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Jim Sanders 11:52AM (3/22/2007)
It's a felony to take spoils of war.
Only thing to do is blow it up for fun.
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Pat 11:56AM (3/22/2007)
I think this is old. For some reason I recall seeing this photos a few years ago.
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Spectacular Bid 12:44PM (3/22/2007)
#4 is right this was discussed four years ago - the pics of the burned out Ferrari was news at that time by Ferrari fans and blogs of the day.
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phil 1:04PM (3/22/2007)
#1 has it right.
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hybridsrule 1:22PM (3/22/2007)
If Uday drove a Prius, I am sure he could have avoided this whole war.
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felonious monk 1:34PM (3/22/2007)
Isn't this old news? Like really really old?
This was originally reported long before Sadam's capture and soon after the fall of Bagdad.
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The Penguin 1:52PM (3/22/2007)
It may be old news, but the destruction of a Ferrari or Lamborghini is always a sad occurence.
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misha mironenko 2:38PM (3/22/2007)
i just want to get my hands on the rest of his fine collection cars before it get's destroyed like the lambo and ferrari did. (and, Yes, the cars do deserve a tear drop or two)
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O.I. 3:49PM (3/22/2007)
Uh, well yeah it happened years ago, you think they just found Uday's cars yesterday?
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felonious monk 4:15PM (3/22/2007)
" It may be old news, but the destruction of a Ferrari or Lamborghini is always a sad occurence."
Oh please. It's just a car and it's not even mine or yours for that matter. Pointless to get all EMO over it.
This is seriously old news, just like the Jaguar V-12 wine rack. Not old news like it's been reported elsewhere, but both were reported right here on Autoblog.
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JC3 5:08PM (3/22/2007)
I'd like to see the same thing happen to the Iranian regimes cars as they re funding the insurgency and playing a war weary american liberal media.fact is,the Iranian leaders are also afraid of thier populace who want democracy.Very similar to how Saddam ruled.Personally I don't see how we can win in Iraq without the good people of Iran rising up.The fraudulent Iranian islamic fascists are afraid of democracy.
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Brian 6:55PM (3/22/2007)
Sad thing to do to such a beautiful car but I do understand why they felt they had to do what they did.
I would like to see the rest of his collect.
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Adam 7:21PM (3/22/2007)
OK, I posted this on another topic but I'll post it again here.
Uday ordered his car collection be burned before the US forces took over. As such, hundreds (estimates are between 200-400) of rare cars were torched so they wouldn't fall into the hands of his enemies.
I'd expect there is little salvagable from these cars as even though they were stored in underground garages, most of the Iraqi palaces were bombed during the initial invasion. The odds of cars surviving after being set on fire and bombed are pretty rare ;)
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8189720 10:09AM (4/12/2007)
This is really sad. I mean, it's almost as sad as my father selling his 1977 Dodge Royal Monaco... oh, and let's not forget his 1986 Pontiac Accadian. A total tragedy. *BLINK*... Hey, how are you, it's a nice day, isn't it? Let's check Autoblog for some news, shall we? Oh, dip sh*t is dead? Great, that car he was driving, is it still up for sa.. oh, ... I see... okay, let me check Auto Trader and see what else is there. I mean, I can't let the millions of dollars in my pocket burn the hole all the way through, all while I need a ride, pronto!
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