I remember well a little while ago - hearing a chap talkng who knew Saddam from his very early days. He was rubbishing all the talk of Saddam fighting to the end or of saving the last bullet for himself.

His opinion was that he was too cowardly for all of this and he predicted that Saddam would be found exactly as it finlly happened. Alive and well - ready to do any deal to sacrifice anything or anyone, in order to prolong his own miserable life...........