Ken Fortenberry wrote in
y.com:

Dave LaCourse wrote:
Ken Fortenberry writes:

The story going around ...

Hogwash. ...

If you want to call it hogwash AFTER you read it, fine, but
at least read it first. Debka has an agenda and they make no
bones about it, but I find a lot of their stuff at least as
credible as the outrageous lies spewed forth by the US military.

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=743


From that link:

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A number of questions are raised by the incredibly bedraggled, tired and
crushed condition of this once savage, dapper and pampered ruler who was
discovered in a hole in the ground on Saturday, December 13:

1. The length and state of his hair indicated he had not seen a barber or
even had a shampoo for several weeks.

2. The wild state of his beard indicated he had not shaved for the same
period

3. The hole dug in the floor of a cellar in a farm compound near Tikrit
was primitive indeed – 6ft across and 8ft across with minimal sanitary
arrangements - a far cry from his opulent palaces.

4. Saddam looked beaten and hungry.

5. Detained trying to escape were two unidentified men. Left with him
were two AK-47 assault guns and a pistol, none of which were used.

6. The hole had only one opening. It was not only camouflaged with mud
and bricks – it was blocked. He could not have climbed out without
someone on the outside removing the covering.

7. And most important, $750,000 in 100-dollar notes were found with him
(a pittance for his captors who expected a $25m reward)– but no
communications equipment of any kind, whether cell phone or even a
carrier pigeon for contacting the outside world.

According to DEBKAfile analysts, these seven anomalies point to one
conclusion: Saddam Hussein was not in hiding; he was a prisoner.
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Ken-

This is thready, at best. They don't even bother to find some loony
"witness" to talk about this.

He was only carrying two AK-47's and a pistol, and he only had 750K in
cash, so he was obviously a prisoner.

He's been running and hiding in a war zone for months. Perhaps that
might serve as an explanation for observations 1, 2, and 4. Hell, I
looked beaten and hungry after I graded 41 final exams and 41 term papers
solo on a 4-day deadline. I only felt like I was in captivity, though I
was really free to leave.

As for the sorry state of his hidey-hole, hell, it was a hidey hole, not
a palace. Yeah, it only had one opening. Perhaps that's why they call
it a hole and not a tunnel. Maybe the reasons for the austerity had to
do with the fact that he was hiding from the US and from his own
citizens, many of whom would probably kill him on sight if given the
opportunity. When this is the case, you don't bring in the backhoe to
dig your hole--you dig it by hand in the middle of the night. You also
might pile flowerpots on the entrance to help hide it.

Bottom line-- a despotic killer of hundreds of thousands is in US
custody.

With so much verifiably bad **** going down, I see little reason to
spread this canard.


Scott