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A maritime expert: Saddam's sunken yacht in the Shatt al-Arab has precious metals
Thursday 11 December 2014 17: 58
Alsumaria news/Basrah
A maritime expert in the detection of Basra, Thursday, the presidential yacht (Mansour) who was head of the former regime of Saddam Hussein and sunken in the Shatt al-Arab waterway since 2003 have not sunk by missile strikes by coalition forces, but because of theft • and that the yacht made some parts of precious materials, with public ports company said it intended to lift the yacht after a few months.
Maritime expert, said Captain Kadhim Cup Erythema in an interview for "alsumaria news", "the presidential yacht (Mansour) who was owned by Saddam Hussein is a treasure because parts of it made from material (titanium) which are also used in the aircraft industry," adding that "it is not excluded that some parts of the yacht's interior was made of gold and silver".
The Erythema which serves as President of the maritime workers in public ports company, "the yacht is designed in a way that makes it difficult to sink it or destroy it because of the strong fortifications, so it affected strongly to sink when it was bombed by Coalition warplanes with missiles in air raid," adding that "the yacht sank later by thieves to grab the pumps were located in the engine room, where water leaked inside the yacht Saturday because of the dismantling of the pump, and that low-water depths not covered The yacht entirely. "
Said Director of media relations at the public ports company based in Basra province Tigers Abdel Moneim NET in an interview for "alsumaria news", that "is unlikely to be the yacht Aggarwal was made of titanium, and likely made of iron used in traditional building structures of the steamers", adding that "the company management several years ago has received information that some rooms yacht indoor mercury rules prevent targhaha or flickering even passenger does not feel seasick, then show That information is incorrect. "
NET pointed out that "the company is determined to lift the yacht after a few months using large marine crane (ABA dharr) the lifting capacity 2000 tons", adding that "the yacht is one of 65 naval soaked by maritime rescue Department in preparation for picking them up."
Director media and public relations section of the company's ports "will convey the yacht after bail him out and hand him over to the General company for iron and steel of the Ministry of industry and minerals", pointing out that "all the pieces of a sunken Navy she pick up her company during the previous years were delivered to iron and steel plant in Khor Al Zubair area for minerals."
The sinking presidential yacht is bigger and more sophisticated than the presidential yacht II (Basra Breeze), which restored the Iraqi Government late in 2010, and then decided to convert after the middle of this year to scientific research vessel belonging to the Marine Science Center.
The making of Aggarwal in 1982 by special request in the dockyard (Pernod) Finnish industry mega-ships and luxury yachts, yacht was handed over to Iraq in March of 1983, and then of the best yachts in the world and the most luxury and durability.
The yacht has a secret staircases and corridors for escape if necessary, and helipad, and radar system detect submarines and boats and planes as it approached him, as well as life boats fitted with quick drives and some Windows of bullet-resistant yacht.
Prior to the overthrow of the former regime in 2003 shows the yacht during the raswa on the Shatt al-Arab near Basra City Center to missile strikes was damaged, and then cover and sank gradually diagonally, and it does not affect the current location on maritime traffic in the Shatt al-Arab, being located next to the navigation channel of ferryboat bound for port trade stronghold, and many talk of a precious materials in the holdings of the yacht, has in recent months following the sinking of the looting And looting by people fluent in diving and stolen metal plates were sealed structure.
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Thursday 11 December 2014 17: 58
Alsumaria news/Basrah
A maritime expert in the detection of Basra, Thursday, the presidential yacht (Mansour) who was head of the former regime of Saddam Hussein and sunken in the Shatt al-Arab waterway since 2003 have not sunk by missile strikes by coalition forces, but because of theft • and that the yacht made some parts of precious materials, with public ports company said it intended to lift the yacht after a few months.
Maritime expert, said Captain Kadhim Cup Erythema in an interview for "alsumaria news", "the presidential yacht (Mansour) who was owned by Saddam Hussein is a treasure because parts of it made from material (titanium) which are also used in the aircraft industry," adding that "it is not excluded that some parts of the yacht's interior was made of gold and silver".
The Erythema which serves as President of the maritime workers in public ports company, "the yacht is designed in a way that makes it difficult to sink it or destroy it because of the strong fortifications, so it affected strongly to sink when it was bombed by Coalition warplanes with missiles in air raid," adding that "the yacht sank later by thieves to grab the pumps were located in the engine room, where water leaked inside the yacht Saturday because of the dismantling of the pump, and that low-water depths not covered The yacht entirely. "
Said Director of media relations at the public ports company based in Basra province Tigers Abdel Moneim NET in an interview for "alsumaria news", that "is unlikely to be the yacht Aggarwal was made of titanium, and likely made of iron used in traditional building structures of the steamers", adding that "the company management several years ago has received information that some rooms yacht indoor mercury rules prevent targhaha or flickering even passenger does not feel seasick, then show That information is incorrect. "
NET pointed out that "the company is determined to lift the yacht after a few months using large marine crane (ABA dharr) the lifting capacity 2000 tons", adding that "the yacht is one of 65 naval soaked by maritime rescue Department in preparation for picking them up."
Director media and public relations section of the company's ports "will convey the yacht after bail him out and hand him over to the General company for iron and steel of the Ministry of industry and minerals", pointing out that "all the pieces of a sunken Navy she pick up her company during the previous years were delivered to iron and steel plant in Khor Al Zubair area for minerals."
The sinking presidential yacht is bigger and more sophisticated than the presidential yacht II (Basra Breeze), which restored the Iraqi Government late in 2010, and then decided to convert after the middle of this year to scientific research vessel belonging to the Marine Science Center.
The making of Aggarwal in 1982 by special request in the dockyard (Pernod) Finnish industry mega-ships and luxury yachts, yacht was handed over to Iraq in March of 1983, and then of the best yachts in the world and the most luxury and durability.
The yacht has a secret staircases and corridors for escape if necessary, and helipad, and radar system detect submarines and boats and planes as it approached him, as well as life boats fitted with quick drives and some Windows of bullet-resistant yacht.
Prior to the overthrow of the former regime in 2003 shows the yacht during the raswa on the Shatt al-Arab near Basra City Center to missile strikes was damaged, and then cover and sank gradually diagonally, and it does not affect the current location on maritime traffic in the Shatt al-Arab, being located next to the navigation channel of ferryboat bound for port trade stronghold, and many talk of a precious materials in the holdings of the yacht, has in recent months following the sinking of the looting And looting by people fluent in diving and stolen metal plates were sealed structure.
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