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Saddam Hussein Can Be Found on EBay.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2003

By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 12--Nobody can find Saddam. But he's all over eBay.

By Friday evening, 3,358 items popped up on a "Saddam" search of the online auctioneer. They ranged from the usual T-shirts, buttons and coffee mugs to the only-in-cyberspace variety.

Got $750, and you can claim the rights to Web site domain name "damnsaddam.com."

For a cool $1,800, be the first on your block with a lithograph of Saddam Hussein believed to be drawn and autographed by the late Jerry Garcia. Yes, the Grateful Dead's Garcia.

Or if you can top a bid of $426, a silver fork purportedly from a Saddam palace is yours. Vouching for its authenticity, the seller writes...

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