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Saddam-sightings 'everywhere'
22/06/2003 19:56 - (SA)
Washington - Jordan's King Abdullah II said on Sunday he didn't know whether Iraq's deposed leader Saddam Hussein was alive, despite reports that he had been seen recently.
"It's like Elvis, there's a lot of sightings all over the place, unfortunately," he told ABC's "This Week" programme.
"I wouldn't underestimate the fear that Saddam still shadows his people with. I mean, there are a lot of Iraqis out there that think that he might still be alive, and might come back to haunt them," Abdullah said.
"There are Iraqis out there that feel that maybe America might not be able to stay the course and might withdraw. And if Saddam is still alive, he'll be back to, you know, get a payback," he addd.
The British newspaper The Observer reported on Sunday that US troops last week hit a convoy said by US military sources to have been carrying Saddam and his eldest son Uday.
Abdullah said he could not confirm the report.
The Observer weekly said US experts were in the process of carrying out DNA tests on human remains recovered from the convoy, struck by missiles last Wednesday as it headed out of Iraq towards neighbour Syria.
- AFP
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