Enronomics: U.S. Troops Make Up For Veterans Cuts

Iraqi Gold Is Sure To Fetch A Pretty Penny On Ebay

U.S. Troops Seize Iraqi Trophies for Fun and Profit

Mon April 14, 2003 05:13 AM ET

By Matthew Green

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Staff Sergeant Nathan Braswell hopes a flag he found in a captured Iraqi base will earn him a tidy sum when he sells it on the Internet.

Like many fellow U.S. Marines, Braswell grabbed the trophy as American forces advanced on Baghdad. Unlike the souvenir-hunting majority, he doesn't plan to keep it.

"I got the flag that was in the commanding general's building. It's very large. It's in great condition," said Braswell, 24, who picked up the Iraqi national colors on the eastern outskirts of the city.

"I'm going to put the flag on eBay," he said, referring to the Internet auction sight where memorabilia from the toppled regime of Saddam Hussein are already in hot demand.

"Some collector would probably like it."

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=focusIraqNews&storyID;=2559476

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