BTW, the idea that Saddam would knock out a videotape to be aired in the event of his death seems a little out of character for a guy who thinks he is the ultimate survivor....
...BUT we had a report just a few days ago which revealed that Saddam definitely was considering the possibility that he was NOT going to survive the U.S. invasion. This is seen in the fact that Saddam was lining up loyalty oaths for his younger son as his successor. Since he evidently wasn't proposing to slip off into exile, he was surely considering the possibility that he might get killed.