“It’s over, it’s over. . .

Former Ba’athist aide Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi has revealed that Saddam and his sons are alive:

The Times said that through these intermediaries, Hassan had described a dramatic moment when now-toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein warned his sons they must accept defeat and go their separate ways.

“It’s over. It’s over,” Saddam is said to have told Uday and Qusay Hussein as they drove through the streets of Baghdad on April 11, two days after the city was captured by US forces.

The Times said that according to Hassan, Saddam’s younger son, Qusay, sobbed and pleaded to be allowed to go into hiding with his father. But Saddam replied: “Splitting up gives us a better chance of survival”.

Hassan claimed he has had no contact with any of the three since, but believed that Saddam has stayed on in Iraq.

Hassan also reportedly disclosed that Saddam, Qusay and Uday had a narrow escape when they gathered secretly at Hassans house in Mansour, a wealthy residential district of Baghdad on April 7 as the war reached its climax.

Hee hee. . . Qusay sobbed. I just feel a Hans und Franz joke coming on. Girly man. . .