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Liechtenstein gave back Saddam's jet

Baghdad, Iraq - "This is an important symbolic act for the Iraqi people"

Liechtenstein yesterday returned to the Iraqi Government a private plane which had been used by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to transport money and senior officials. It was the first Iraqi aircraft returned back among planes seized under UN Security Council resolutions after 2003 invasion of Iraq. The Falcon 50 was impounded at Amman (Jordan) shortly before the US-led invasion, at an express...

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Rome, Italy, 12/06/2005 14:22
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