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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-25-03 10:26 AM
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Saddam’s family moves with ease?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/943984.asp?0cv=CA01

Saddam Hussein escaped by 10 minutes a restaurant bombed by U.S. missiles and attended public prayers at a Baghdad mosque after the fall of the capital, while his son, Odai, recently killed by the U.S. military, reveled in driving past American patrols unnoticed, Odai’s personal bodyguard recounted in an interview about the family’s secret movements.

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Abu Tiba said Saddam, Odai and Qusai, Saddam’s other son killed by U.S. troops on Wednesday, were so convinced they could hold the capital that all three remained in the city until at least one week after it fell.

When the war started with a U.S. attack on a home in southern Baghdad, Saddam and Odai were in another safe house on the other side of the city, according to The Times report. But a second precision strike came much closer to hitting its target.

The bodyguard told the newspaper that after several safe houses had been destroyed, Saddam suspected that one of his trusted commanders had become an informant. Saddam reportedly asked the suspect to secure an area behind a restaurant for a meeting. The former Iraqi leader arrived at the prescribed site, but left almost immediately. Less than 10 minutes later, it was bombed. Saddam subsequently had the informant executed.
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