Saddam said to be filmed on April 9

ABU DHABI TV yesterday screened pictures that appeared to show Saddam Hussein in the streets of Baghdad, being mobbed

The station said it was filmed on April 9, just over a week ago, as American forces moved into the Iraqi capital.

If so, it was shot on the same day a crowd of cheering Iraqis, with the help of US marines, toppled a 40ft statue of Saddam in a main city square. Pentagon officials said they had been unaware of the tape and had not had a chance to evaluate it.