Iraqi leader may be hiding out with supporters

IF Saddam Hussein is still alive, the Iraqi dictator is on the run and probably moving every few hours from house to house deep in the civilian areas of Baghdad still loyal to him, an expert claimed yesterday.

But as the coalition forces tighten their grip on the capital, the odds of him surviving the Allied advance are “shortening dramatically”.

If reports are accurate and the Iraqi tyrant survived a second “decapitation” attack on a restaurant bunker in al-Mansour two days ago, it will be merely a matter of time before he is caught or killed.