[vbmoneyspender]

Saddam seen being put on stretcher. Brett Beier (sp?) says pentagon sources are telling him Iraqi leaders are beginning to flee Baghdad.

[GraniteStateConservative]

That's the most important info. You start looking at this "is he or isn't he" debate with a "quacks like a duck" formulation.

If Saddam Hussein were dead or otherwise completely incapacitated, how would his top intelligence and defense officials act? They'd feel safe to get the hell out of Dodge without fearing retribution by Hussein, and so proceed to get the hell out of Dodge.

BTW, former SOS Lawrence Eagleburger thinks Hussein is dead for the same exact reasons. He knows he was hit that night and he knows that Iraq is defending itself the way they would if Hussein were dead.

FNC also said we can track these escapees-- allowing us to capture them and interrogate them.