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Should US and British soldiers get in trouble for taking 'souvenirs' from Saddam's palaces?

CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar - From palace ashtrays and pillows to jeeps and a grand piano, the spoils of war are flying fast in Iraq. Civilians have plundered with little fear of retribution and some U.S. soldiers have helped themselves to battlefield souvenirs — a practice that could land them in trouble. During the march on Baghdad, U.S. troops have nicked items of their own, despite military rules forbidding it. On Monday, troops from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division stormed one of Iraq's presidential palaces. They used Saddam's toilets, but also rifled through documents and helped themselves to ashtrays, pillows, gold-painted Arab glassware and other souvenirs...

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