If this article is correct, and NO ONE knows how much coming out of Iraq is correct and how much is disinformation, then I suspect that Saddam is dead or dying and Saddam's government is trying to foster the belief that he is still alive in order to keep Uday out of power.

Uday appears to be a loose cannon... What is a loose cannon? That is someone who does not bow down to the power brokers! Since Uday has been labeled a loose cannon and someone with mental problems, I expect that he won't last very long.

Saddam was an enemy who did what you wanted him to do, Uday will do what HE wants to do. In other words, Uday will NEVER be in power in Iraq... if the Bush government and the NWO has anything to say about it.

Diana was a loose cannon. JFK, Jr. was a loose cannon. There is always a drawback in killing a loose cannon... you might end up making them a hero. Before Uday is eliminated by people who want him out of power, something needs to be done to tarnish his reputation with those in Iraq who believe in him and back him.

Let me state again, that the information about Saddam and Uday that is being released to the media may be designed for some other purpose than informing the populace. It may be designed to let "the informed few" know that a ppwer struggle is taking place in Iraq. It may also be designed to make Iraq'a Middle East supporters believe they can no longer count on Iraq. Or.. this may be the first step in getting rid of Uday so another, more acceptable successor can be named.

As soon as a successor is named, then I expect Saddam will be allowed to be buried.

In other words, I am beginning to think that a Saddam look-a-like is holding the position of power, just long enough for Uday to be deposed.

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http://www.worldtribune.com/tout-6.html

Saddam's son goes public against father's government

Special to World Tribune.com

MIDDLE EAST NEWSLINE

Sunday, January 7, 2001

NICOSIA — The son of President Saddam Hussein has charged his father's government with buying commodities from Israel. The public challenge to the regime and Saddam's failure to appear at at a ceremony marking Iraq's Army Day have kept alive uncertainty about Saddam's health.

Uday Hussein, the eldest son of the president, submitted a memorandum to the Iraqi National Council stating that Israeli and Jewish-owned companies in the West are using Russian firms as fronts to sell Iraq a range of goods under the United Nations oil-for-food program. They were said to include food, soaps and beauty products.

Uday blamed the Iraqi Trade Ministry for allowing the import of Israeli goods. The memorandum was published in Uday's Babel daily.

"Is this a correct policy?" Uday asked in the memorandum.

Saddam was absent when the entire Iraqi leadership gathered on Saturday to lay wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Baghdad to mark Iraq's Army Day. Instead, Saddam appeared later on television and recalled the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf war.

"We are celebrating and honoring the army of the glorious and the Immortal Mother of All Battles," Saddam said, referring to the two wars.

Western monitors said Saddam's televised appearance seemed recorded and did not refer to recent events in his country.

Iraqi opposition sources assert that Saddam collapsed at a Dec. 31 military parade and has been hospitalized. Since then, Saddam has been shown three times on television.

In London, the Sunday Times reported that Saddam has established a new command headquarters for a military force to fight Israel. The newspaper said the Hammurabi tank division of the elite Republican Guard has been moved to a new headquarters west of Baghdad.

Saddam's son, who is regarded by critics as being mentally unbalanced, said the government has taken measures to tighten procedures and demand proof of the origin of supplies that enter Iraq. But he said the measures taken so far have been insufficient.

The memorandum was published on Thursday amid reports that Saddam was ill. The regime in Baghdad has dismissed these reports and has televised a meeting between Saddam and visiting Egyptian entertainers. The footage shows a healthy-looking Iraqi president chatting and smoking a cigar.

In the appearance, Saddam again threatened war against Israel. "The Iraqi people are dying to fight," he said. "And it's not just Saddam Hussein but seven million Iraqis who have volunteered, who want to liberate Palestine. The Iraqi people are ready to fight the Americans and those who fight alongside the Americans. They in Israel are unable to resist the Arabs."

But Iraqi opposition sources in Damascus insisted that Saddam remains in a Baghdad hospital. The sources said Saddam's authority has already been assumed by Uday and his younger brother, Kusay.

Sunday, January 7, 2001