一家美国拍卖行日前正试图通过互联网来出售一件萨达姆·侯赛因曾经穿过的军装，这件军装是美军在伊拉克战争中的战利品。

    据路透社11月26日报道，该军装的颜色为橄榄绿色，军装肩带上仍完整保留着萨达姆本人的特殊军衔标志。这家名叫曼宁国际拍卖行的拍卖公司为这件军装定下的起拍价格为5000美元，拍卖行预计最终的成交价将会远高于此。该拍卖行还宣称，他们将会把拍卖所得的部分资金捐献给慈善机构。本次拍卖的出价截止日期为12月1日，但到目前为止，尚无人参与此事。

    按照该公司的说法，这件军装是由美军第3步兵师的一名士兵于2003年4月美军攻占巴格达机场后得到的。美军一名女发言人26日表示，根据美军在伊战中的相关规定，除了个别特殊情况外，美军禁止士兵私自从伊拉克带回任何纪念品或战利品。

    A U.S. auction house is trying to sell one of Saddam Hussein's military uniforms online, calling it an "ultimate artefact" of the U.S. war in Iraq.

    Manion's International Auction House (www.manions.com) is offering the olive green dress uniform, complete with Saddam's special rank on its shoulder straps, at a starting price of $5,000 (2,915 pounds), but expects it to sell for much more.

    "We have only seen one other Hussein uniform here at Manion's, and it realised over $20,000 at auction," the auctioneer says on its Web site.

    The company says the uniform was obtained by a soldier in the U.S. army's Third Infantry Division after American troops seized Baghdad airport in April 2003.

    According to the military orders governing U.S. forces in Iraq, soldiers are forbidden from taking any artefacts or souvenirs from the country except in very rare circumstances, a U.S. military spokeswoman said on Saturday.

    Manion's said it would give a proportion of the proceeds from the sale to charity. Bidding closes on December 1. There have been no bids so far.