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Is Saddam Alive or Dead?

Here is this morning's wrap-up of expert opinion on Where Is Saddam?

Martin Sieff, UPI Senior News Analyst, makes the case for believing Saddam is dead.

We'll throw in our two cents. We think he and one son are alive, enjoying safe haven in Syria. Over a week ago, Jim Capozzola of Rittenhouse speculated Saddam was alive, had left Iraq and that the U.S. knew where he was. That got us thinking about it.

After the second bombing targeting Saddam, we began leaning towards believing Saddam escaped both bombings.

Here's our current theory: One of Saddam's sons was killed in the first "decapitation" attack. Saddam was slightly wounded. He was at the location of the second attack and survived. He used a cell phone to put into effect pre-arranged plans to transfer $1 billion to Syria in exchange for safe haven. He and his second son are in Syria.

We believe the U.S. knew right away he went to Syria. We think they knew from interception of communications concerning the funds transfer.

We listened to Rumsfeld say he doesn't know where Saddam is. Technically, one could say Rumsfeld was telling the truth if what he meant by that is he doesn't know which town Saddam is in, or which house or palace. He didn't say he didn't know what country Saddam is in.

Anyway, this is just all speculation, but given Bush's harsh words for Syria Sunday, it seems plausible enough to mention it.

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