Saddam Still Alive and in Iraq, Chalabi Says
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Pro-American Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi said in remarks published on Monday he had credible information that ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and his two sons were still alive and in Iraq (news - web sites).
“Our sources confirm that he (Saddam) has actually not left Iraq,” Chalabi told the Arabic-language Asharq al-Awsat daily in an interview in Baghdad. "He is here with his sons but they don’t always travel together.
“I can’t tell you how I know, but Saddam is traveling with a special escort and his former aides have no idea where is or what he is doing,” he added.
Speculation about the whereabouts of Saddam and his two sons – Qusay and Uday – has swirled since the fall of Baghdad in April during the U.S.-led war on Iraq. Several senior aides of the deposed Iraqi leader are, however, in U.S. custody.
Last week, a close associate of Saddam was quoted as saying the former Iraqi leader was safe in Iraq and was preparing to organize resistance to the U.S.-led occupation forces.
On Saturday, another Arabic-language newspaper published a letter it attributed to Saddam in which he urged Iraqis to rise against the U.S. and British presence in Iraq.
In the six-page letter, which was faxed to the London-based Al Quds al-Arabi, Saddam also accused Iraq’s neighbors Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iran of facilitating his ouster. He also threatened to reveal damning secrets against them.
So far, the U.S. military has in custody 19 out of a list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis.
In the Asharq al-Awsat interview, Chalabi said the United States and his INC party’s Free Iraq Forces were hunting for the remaining Iraqi officials, adding he was confident that they would all be found soon.
A number of Iraqis on the most-wanted list have either been captured or surrendered to Chalabi’s forces.
“This won’t take a long time, I can assure you. I can’t say how long though,” he added.
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hmmmm, so once again these CREDIBLE SOURCES are in. are these the same CREDIBLE SOURCES which gave evidence to RUMSFELD regarding WMD in iraQ? 
i mean comeon, making such stupid evidences in white house does not give them credibility. its laughable to read such rubbish whenever they mention the word credible.
in my view, since they haven’t been able to find / locate any WMD, so they are going back to their trump card, Saddam Hussain. this way they can tell people that he is still alive and you haven’t been fully liberated. so we’ll stick around to complete operation iraqi freedom.