2004-03-01

Random Perspective: Red Cross Determines That Captured Saddam Hussein Is A Mannequin: "Bagdad, February 22nd 2004

"Following weeks of campaigning, the International Red Cross was finally granted permission by the US Government to visit the former Iraqi Dictator to give an assessment of his health and to check he is being held to standards agreed in the Geneva Convention.

"The organisation believed that the visit would be more of a formality and the intention was to make the visit more for the principle of the matter than due to genuine concern for Saddam Hussein�s well being. However, after inspecting the prisoner, the medical examiners determined that the captured dictator was actually a mannequin from a local department store."