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Kitsch Saddam sale

Updated on 22 September 2007

By Channel 4 News

Fancy a tie owned by Saddam Hussein - or his sunglasses? How memorabilia from the Iraqi dictator is now being sold on the internet.x

On offer - a Cartier pen that is said to have signed an execution order. Or what about a pair of sunglasses frequently worn by a notorious dictator?

They're among the personal effects of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein which have now been put on sale by a former Iraqi diplomat who once worked for Saddam.

But as Paul Eedle reports - selling the memorabilia isn't proving easy.

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