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US troops hope Saddam losing weight
Tikrit, Iraq, Nov 27: US troops hunting Saddam Hussein believe he is still in Iraq, but if they can`t yet catch the ousted dictator they say they want to be sure he is cold, constantly on the run -- and preferably losing weight.
Tikrit, Iraq, Nov 27: US troops hunting Saddam Hussein believe he is still in Iraq, but if they can't yet catch the ousted dictator they say they want to be sure he is cold, constantly on the run -- and preferably losing weight.
''My guess is he probably has a plan to keep himself nice and cosy during winter, while the rest of his people suffer,'' Major General Raymond Odierno said yesterday.
''But we're going to try to keep him running so he can't be comfortable and doesn't have enough kerosene...To keep warm. And I hope he's lost lots of weight,'' added the head of the US 4th infantry division based in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.
Odierno said there were no signs Saddam was playing a key role in guerrilla attacks, although the US military announced the capture on Tuesday of a wife and daughter of the man they believe is coordinating them.
Odierno said he hoped the detention of the two relatives of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, the second most wanted man in Iraq, would generate information on the whereabouts of top fugitives.
Speaking at a news conference in Tikrit, Odierno said there were no ''breaking developments'' in the hunt for Saddam. The fugitive dictator has a 25 million dollars price on his head while a 19 billion dollars bounty has been offered for Ibrahim.
Bureau Report
''My guess is he probably has a plan to keep himself nice and cosy during winter, while the rest of his people suffer,'' Major General Raymond Odierno said yesterday.
''But we're going to try to keep him running so he can't be comfortable and doesn't have enough kerosene...To keep warm. And I hope he's lost lots of weight,'' added the head of the US 4th infantry division based in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.
Odierno said there were no signs Saddam was playing a key role in guerrilla attacks, although the US military announced the capture on Tuesday of a wife and daughter of the man they believe is coordinating them.
Odierno said he hoped the detention of the two relatives of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, the second most wanted man in Iraq, would generate information on the whereabouts of top fugitives.
Speaking at a news conference in Tikrit, Odierno said there were no ''breaking developments'' in the hunt for Saddam. The fugitive dictator has a 25 million dollars price on his head while a 19 billion dollars bounty has been offered for Ibrahim.
Bureau Report