DId We Capture Saddam? Or One of his doubles?

I Thought this article was interesting...

http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/366/12494_saddam.html
Saddam's wife could not recognize her husband
04/13/2004 15:31Last week, American authorities arranged a meeting of the former Iraqi dictator with his wife.

She was the first of Hussein"s relatives to meet with the ex-leader of Iraq at a new place, at the American military base in Qatar. Accompanied by Sheikh Hamad Al-Tani, Sajida Heiralla Tuffah has arrived from Syria on his private jet in the end of March.

The outcome of their meeting turned out to be quite scandalous. Sajina claims that the person she encountered was not her husband, but his double. If someone were to say for sure that it was not insinuation, it would have been easy to believe the wife with a 25-year experience. It is also possible to assume that Saddam has simply changed since the day of his sons' deaths, June 24 2003. This however is highly unlikely. In case we believe Hussein"s wife, all DNA testing of the ex-Iraqi leader should be considered a mere fake. Overall, today there remain more questions then there are answers.

On the other hand however, those statements of Hussein's wife can in fact be quite understandable. After all, this is the easiest way to demoralize an enemy.

Hussein's younger daughter Hala has also arrived at the base in Qatar along with Saddam Hussein's two grandsons and two sisters, total of eight people. They were all invited by Shekh"s wife Muza to stay in one of the palaces. Eldest daughters Ragad and Rada along with five Hussein"s grandchildren have recently arrived to Doha from Jordan.

"Elaf" newspaper writes that, most likely, the entire Hussein's family will stay in Qatar permanently.

Saddam Hussein was captured by the American forces in December 2003 and held in one of the palaces in Baghdad in a region controlled by the coalition forces. Afterward, due to security reasons, he was transferred to the American military base in Qatar, where he is expected to remain until the trial.

Peace and Love,
Dan

 

Why does his wife have any special credibility? Would you release a common criminal from an American prison just because his wife said it was a case of mistaken identity?

Anyway, if the US government wanted to end the search for Saddam without actually finding him, why wouldn't they just kill the double on the spot instead of capturing him and risk being "found out"?

 

I don't really have an opinion on this at all, on one hand his wife saying it isn't him makes me think that the whole capture was just a hoax to get Bush's approval rating up and get some more support for the war in Iraq. They can risk getting caught anyway because they can easily black out any stories from the US media, like look at this story...it was on a mainstream russian news outlet yet you havn't heard one peep of it on FOX, NBC, ABC, New York Times, Etc. But on the other hand, his wife could have been told to make believe it wasn't her husband to demoralize the enemy, or the US in this case, like the article said.

Peace and Love,
Dan

 

You conspiracy theorists are funny little people.

 

How am I a conspiracy theorist just for putting out all sides of the issue and looking at stories that do get mainstream attention and don't, im so sick of everyones labels on this forum.

Peace and Love,
Dan