A yacht belonging to Saddam Hussein has been put up for sale by UK brokers but the sale has been frozen under French law while the issue of true ownership is decided. "Originally called Qadissiyat Saddam, after a battle won by the Arabs over the Persians, it never made it to Iraq. For 10 years it was moored in Saudi waters with 35 crew on permanent standby. For reasons not entirely clear, but possibly linked to the invasion of Kuwait, it was taken over by the Saudi royal family and renamed al-Yamamah. Last spring the Saudis offered it to King Abdullah II of Jordan." But the Iraqi authorities claim it was ordered by the Iraqi Government and is therefore the property of Iraq.
