He was indeed captured a few weeks back. The visits by Bush and Rumsfeld were not acts of bravado but a show of strength in the face of great adversity and a ar in which they know not who the enemy is.
Saddam was captured by Kurds with whom he had formed an uneasy alliance. Arab media had been speculating on it for weeks. When Bush arrived in Baghdad it was reported in Al Ahram briefly that sources in baghdad claimed Bush had discussions with Saddam. The reporter Farouk Marzouk was summarily dismissed and is believed to have been arrested by Egyptian internal security.
Donald Rumsfeld likewise is said to have met with him recently prior to the public display late last night on world TV. As strange as it may seem and as conspiratorial as it all now sounds, these are the two most important of westerners who have everything to lose if Saddam, the man they bankrolled and supplied at his peak talk.
Remember Saddam was a client of Kissinger & Partners of which Bremmner is also a director. This is a family business. Wait till the Shi Ites come a calling for their pound of flesh. They too hate the Kurds as do the Turks. Treachery is in the air.
