Is Saddam really dead ?

All right so a week back or so Saddam Hussein was "put to death" . Justice, as Bush said, had been delivered. Even phone-cam videos of his hanging and mortal corpse were circulated on the Internet. Everyone seems to be quite convinced that once feared by many and admired by some dictator is gone.

Well if you ask me, not quite. There are many unconvincing details about this whole Saddam getting arrested and then finally executed thing. Here goes :

1. Arrest.

Now we all know Saddam was this proud fella who had pledged the invaders would never find him, alive that is. He was a person who had ruled over a nation for around three decades and had fought long conflicts with strong adversaries(Iran and the USA). Does he seem like a man who would be found in a hole, helpless ? The special circumstances and landscape around his arrest seem to be customized to convey a definite message : The once feared man had finally been defeated and trapped like a coward.The footage of him being inspected by a dentist after his "arrest" also conveyed a similar meaning : The lion had been tamed. The arrest is too specially tailored to suit west's interests to be true.

2.Will the real Saddam please stand up ?

Its a well known fact that Saddam Hussein employed many "decoys". As in, due to security concerns many of his speeches were delivered by people who were made to look and sound exactly like him. It is very much possible that the person arrested and executed could be a decoy. One didn't hear about any DNA tests being performed on the convict. And in any case did the US Army have any samples of DNA of "the real" Saddam ?

3. The Trial.

Saddam Hussein was reportedly very vocal during his trial. Once again, any of his so called decoys could have been there and sounded exactly like him.

4.Footage of execution and the corpse.

There has been an angry reaction all over the world about Phone camera videos which have been shot illegally. The US government has registered its protest with the interim Iraqi government which his initiated an inquiry. Now doesn't all this seem a little too convenient ? Having seen the clippings of Saddam being hung(without a mask, mind you) and then of his dead body, the entire world would be convinced of his death. After all we all believe our own eyes don't we ? Well it is quite improbable that phone-cameras would be allowed inside the execution room when in most of the high-security zones it is forbidden to bring them along. Also one wonders what would trigger the lazy guards to shoot this event and post it on the internet the same evening. Some net-savvy guards we have in Iraq.

All this surely hints at some foul play which is underway in this entire episode. However truth is like running water, it finds its way.