US hopes DNA sample will help find Saddam

US FORCES say they have a sample of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s DNA as they try to crack the mystery of his whereabouts.

US hopes DNA sample will help find Saddam

General Tommy Franks, the US commander in Iraq, said the genetic material would be checked against DNA taken from bodies found in the aftermath of coalition missile and bomb strikes.

“The appropriate people with the appropriate forensics are doing checks you would find appropriate in each of the places where we think we may have killed regime leadership,” Gen Franks told CNN.

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