The Iraqis are certainly acting as if they are headless Telegraph/UK
Saddam seriously injured, Cabinet told: Tony Blair’s War Cabinet was told by intelligence chiefs yesterday that Saddam Hussein survived last week’s cruise missile attack on his bunker in Baghdad, but sustained serious injury.
The Telegraph has learned that ministers were told at a special 40-minute briefing that the Iraqi leader had been so badly wounded he needed a blood transfusion.
His son, Uday, is also thought to have been injured and may even have been killed. Some American officials also claimed yesterday that another of Saddam’s relatives, Ali Hassan al-Majid – known as “Chemical Ali” for his involvement in the infamous 1988 Halabja chemical weapons attacks – had been killed. Telegraph/UK
