Shadow
01-17-2012, 11:20 PM
More than five years after Saddam Hussein (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/iraq/saddam-hussein.htm#r_src=ramp) was executed, Iraq (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/iraq.htm#r_src=ramp) still wants a piece of its former president: his buttock, currently being held by an ex-UK soldier.
Nigel Ely, 52, grabbed a 2-pound piece of Hussein’s bronze statue – that made up part of his rear-end -- when it was pulled down by Iraqis in 2003, the Sun reports.
Ely claims he is the legal owner of the buttock since he has turned it into a work of art. But the Iraqi government (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/iraq/iraqi-government.htm#r_src=ramp) is demanding that he returns it or face possible theft charges, as it views the piece of scrap metal as a “cultural antiquity,” the Sun reports.
Ely attempted to auction off the buttock last year to raise money for injured troops through military charities, but was unsuccessful.
"When I got it, it was just a piece of scrap metal,” he told the Sun.
British police are investigating ownership of the buttock.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01/17/iraq-demands-uk-soldier-return-piece-saddam-husseins-buttock/#ixzz1jmRQktkN
Nigel Ely, 52, grabbed a 2-pound piece of Hussein’s bronze statue – that made up part of his rear-end -- when it was pulled down by Iraqis in 2003, the Sun reports.
Ely claims he is the legal owner of the buttock since he has turned it into a work of art. But the Iraqi government (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/iraq/iraqi-government.htm#r_src=ramp) is demanding that he returns it or face possible theft charges, as it views the piece of scrap metal as a “cultural antiquity,” the Sun reports.
Ely attempted to auction off the buttock last year to raise money for injured troops through military charities, but was unsuccessful.
"When I got it, it was just a piece of scrap metal,” he told the Sun.
British police are investigating ownership of the buttock.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01/17/iraq-demands-uk-soldier-return-piece-saddam-husseins-buttock/#ixzz1jmRQktkN