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US officials claim Saddam dead WASHINGTON, Saturday (Reuters) The fate of Saddam Hussein is still unclear but U.S. officials have started leaning slightly toward the view that the Iraqi leader is probably dead, U.S. officials said on Friday. U.S. intelligence agencies have picked up communications or "chatter" by Iraqis on the periphery of Saddam's toppled government saying they believed he had died. But officials caution that that by itself is not conclusive proof. Those Iraqis either know that Saddam is dead, believe he is dead but may be wrong, or are trying to feed disinformation to U.S. authorities knowing their communications are being monitored, officials said. "I'd say it's leaning slightly more to dead than alive," one U.S. official told Reuters. Officials also point to the rapid breakdown of the Iraqi government following Monday's massive airstrike on a building in Baghdad after the CIA received a tip that Saddam and his sons were inside. |
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