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In other words, there actually has to be a new regime.....no sons, cousins, brothers of Saddam will be allowed to run a puppet regime.

I don't think that that's in the cards.

The U.S. and the Brits have said privately that the result of Saddam's flight will be a "walk in" of American, Australian, and UK forces. There is no way we'll let someone connected with Saddam, Uday, and Qusay to take over. To do so would shroud Iraq's WMD program in continued mystery.

But Saddam will not flee. To do so would be against every shred of his tribal honor. To flee Baghdad in the face of an ultimatum from a Bush, not just the Old Man, but from Bush's boy, would be a disgrace beyond measure. He would become a laughingstock among Arab men, as would his progeny. For Hussein, it is better to die than to live in the twilight of his years in eternal disgrace, subject to the browbeating of the internal security apparatus of his "host" country.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

"But Saddam will not flee. To do so would be against every shred of his tribal honor."

I respectfully disagree with you, Chris.
From everything I've read about him, Saddam is VERY afraid of dying. He is afraid of germs, and doesn't let people come near him, unless it's a photo op.

He knows what lies beyond the grave, for his crimes. A guy with all these look-alikes will find a place to hide. Probably Libya. But we shall see shortly, I guess.

FRegards

I think there's an outside chance Saddam will end up in Iran. He has a lot of money to bargin with and Iran may now have nuclear capabilities. If he goes anywhere else we'll get him, but Iran perhaps a different story. There were also recent reports Saddam was putting a large chunk of his money into diamonds, a more universal currency.