I wonder if he'll pop out of a cake in Tikrit?

It's more than fitting that it occurs on the anniversary of the day that Mussolini met his just end, and the next day was strung up, fifty-eight years ago.

If he hasn't yet assumed ambient temperature, may Saddam share his fate, if not on his birthday, then soon.

DEBKAfile had a headline last night that Saddam is in Belarus.

DEBKAfile? Now there's a source I can take to the bank... ;-)

I'm hoping in a way that he's alive, hiding in some grubby, rat-infested hole. Suffering. We can string him up later.

Well, you didn't see me say I believed them, did ya?

Hey, anyone wonder about the "energy weapon" used to attack that ambulance? Phasers? HAARP? (sorry, little sci.space.shuttle joke there).

While we're talking about inane conspiracy theories, get this:

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-04/27/article10.shtml

The real reason there was so little defense: magnetic fields around US tanks that prevented them from hitting us. Of course, that's got to be the reason, after all, they're such good shots an old farmer can take out an Apache with an old rifle. No, wait...