[thucydides]

Great post - the story tells us a lot. For the Hussein brothers to "settle in" in one house was a huge blunder. They should never have spent more than one night in any location. And they moved outside the area of their ethnic base. This suggests they have run out of places to stay where they think they can trust the hosts. Neither should they have traveled together - perhaps this was because they can no longer trust their security men, and had to cover each other, so to speak.
If this is the state of affairs, Saddam should soon be captured.

[WL-law]

If this is the state of affairs, Saddam should soon be captured.

I think Saddam is dead.

Think about it -- there were no media reports from Arab TV or released tapes claiming that Saddam's sons were alive. And yet they were alive, probably directing -- at least paying for -- the assassin attacks on US forces.

Yet the same sources release audiotapes claiming Saddam IS alive, but curiously they can never provide evidence in a form that would provide real proof, i.e., a videotape with visual proof embedded, i.e., a current version of the NY Times for example.

So they hide the existence of the living sons, and extoll the existence of the dead Saddam, all for the purpose of misdirection, and in an attempt to maintain the intimidation effect of Saddam on the Iraqis.