Saddam is hiding near Baghdad, says exiled spy chief

[LauraK]

14 July 2003

Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali, are hiding in an area of farmland and small villages on the Tigris river between Baghdad and the city of Samarra, says a former senior Iraqi intelligence officer.

General Wafiq al-Samarrai, head of Iraqi military intelligence before he went into exile, is assisting American forces in the hunt for Saddam. He said the deposedleader had been able to escape capture because the area was heavily populated and had thick vegetation.

"He is hiding in an area about 60km <37 miles> long and about 20km wide according to my information," General Samarrai told The Independent in an interview at his house in Samarra. He said that Ali Hassan al-Majid, a senior member of Saddam's inner circle notorious for using poison gas against Kurds, was also there but moving separately from the former Iraqi ruler.
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[indictrichardperle]

1. is he wearing

Camo and face paint, living off the land like Rambo ? :eyes:

Please stop peddling horse shit, all of you "exiled" neo-con puppets.

[AnnabelLee]

2. That's just silly

Saddam is at the Super 8 in Marshfield, WI.:evilgrin:

[lkinsale]

3. SADDAM SIGNS UP FOR "DO-NOT-CALL" LIST

http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=638 ;)

[AnnabelLee]

4. More than one fugitive has been caught

by the ol' "You have won a free tv! All you have to do is collect your prize!":D

[indictrichardperle]

5. Come on Annabell

I might believe it if the headline was "Saddam hiding in 5 star hotel in Belarus surrounded by Russian body-guards"

:D

[indictrichardperle]

6. Come on Annabell

I might believe "Saddam spotted in 5 star hotel in Belarus, surrounded by Russian body-guards"

but the "Saddam seen wearing bear skin suit, living in the trees, surviving on insects and leaves".....just doesnt ring true. :D

[AnnabelLee]

8. When in Marshfield,

do as the Marshfielders (Marshfieldians?) do.;-)

[NNN0LHI]

7. Yup. He is guarding all the WMD's we can't find n/t

[Star]

9. Rummy: We know exactly where he's hiding

He's in Bagdad, and east, west, south, and north somewhat. We knew there was something there, and now we have PROOF!


I need to start keeping a rolodex of all this. I'm starting to lose track of what is hiding where. :shrug: