Well, I thank the Times. We now know where to go looking for Saddam's fellow Nazibuddies. Qaddafi, you are going to regret sacrificing that goat...among other things.
"The extraordinary steps taken by the Iraqi leader to provide an exit strategy for key relatives and associates, which includes paying $3.5 billion (£2.3 billion) into Libyan banks, provide the first evidence that Saddam is now facing up to the prospect of being toppled from power."Alternate explanation, Saddam style: money laundering, pure and simple. We bomb. Saddam takes a hike. His money is safe, having gone through those Libyan banks and through other banks and into Saddam's (probably Swiss) accounts. Saddam retires fat and happy in the Caribbian (Cuba maybe).