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Few clues to Saddam's fate at suspected safehouse By Michael Georgy BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was hiding from relentless American air raids in a villa in Baghdad's upscale Mansur district when he received a phone call, residents say, and realized he had to flee for his life. Soon after the house was turned to rubble by U.S. bombs. Locals in Mansur, where wealthy Iraqis enjoy the quiet life in large villas with tea gardens, say Saddam and his sons Uday and Qusay used a mansion in the area as a safe house during the final days of the...

ABCNEWS' Brian Ross, who is on assignment in Baghdad, got an exclusive first look at what appears to be an important safe house for Saddam and his son Qusai, the former head of Iraq's secret police agency and the Republican Guard. The home, where Saddam is said to have given a speech during the first night of the war, is located in the upscale neighborhood of Mansur, which was hit by four 2,000-pound U.S. bombs last week. "Inside the home is the room Saddam Hussein used to make his speech the first night of the war. Neighbors say looters took...