[Grampa Dave]

We have a long time friend, who is retired from government service. Lets say he worked in a lot of Embassies in the middle east during the 1960/70's.

He saw Saddam in person a couple of times. He has felt for years that we have not seen a picture of the real Saddam for years. What we have seen are the younger and healthier doubles as in the Blather picture above.

He felt that the picture on tv last night might be the older and more fragile Saddam. If so, Saddam like OBL was, is not in great health or physical shape.

Of course this observation is like all others on this thread. When it is combined with $5 bill, it will enable you to buy a Starbucks coffee.

[SJackson]

For what it's worth.

CBS: 'Senior Officials' Think Saddam May Not Have Survived

We know for certain he's either dead, or alive.

[Eva]

I have been thinking the same thing, that we have not seen Saddam in a very long time. I read that Saddam had cancer in '98 and had the radiation equipment shipped into one of his palaces for treatment. Also, I remember Greta VonSustern and one of her guests having a good chuckle at the thought of Dan Rather sitting across the table from a body double of Saddam Hussein for an hour and half and not knowing it.

[oldcomputerguy]

"He has felt for years that we have not seen a picture of
the real Saddam for years. "

I have heard that too and if in fact the Iraqis saw the real Saddam on TV this morning, they surely can't be impressed with this old codger.