SADDAM Hussein is holed up in a desert fortress with his generals preparing for a final bloody showdown, war commanders believe. US troops who swept into his home town of Tikrit were told by residents that Saddam was in the city four days ago. But he fled to the desert village of Al Hawijah with his family, aides and a personal army as Allied soldiers advanced on the city. The dictator left behind hundreds of Fedayeen paramilitaries to defend Tikrit and buy him some time — but they folded as US Marines moved in. Saddam has now turned Al Hawijah...