Some Iraqis swear they saw their deposed leader this week in Baghdad, others say heâs taken refuge in an underground maze. Some say he's working in the Burger King, with Elvis. Saddam Hussein still haunts Iraqis, 10 days after US tanks rolled into the heart of their capital and seized control. One resident told a group of foreign journalists in the Al-Azamiyah neighbourhood that they âshouldnât believe the Americans, Saddam might still return.â An uneasy silence falls over the crowd.
| I think we can safely discount that possibility now. Unless the "occupation" troops leave next week. |
Baghdadis, who only this month have emerged from nearly a quarter of a century of living in fear, have yet to cast off Husseinâs lengthy shadow. The deposed Iraqi leaderâs whereabouts and state of decomposition are unknown. But on Friday Abu Dhabi TV aired on Friday what it said was footage of Hussein walking in a Baghdad neighbourhood and giving a speech on April 9, the day US tanks rolled into the heart of the capital. The TV station said it was his âlast speechâ which had yet to be broadcast. They said they had received the video from a âcredible sourceâ early Friday in Baghdad. It was the first time a television channel said it had footage of the ousted leader showing him to have survived a massive US bombing of a Baghdad building he was supposed to have been taking refuge in two days before the capitalâs fall.
| Even if it's real, which it probably isn't, it doesn't matter, as long as we take the machinery apart. Sammy can't do squat without his posse and his foreign suppliers. |
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