DNA 'needed to verify Saddam's death'

The world will have to wait to find out whether Saddam Hussein died the latest “decapitation” strike against him, a US military commander said today.

Brigadier General Vince Brooks said it may require detailed forensic work to establish whether Saddam and his sons, Uday and Qusay, were under the rubble of the building bombed in the Al Mansour distinct of Baghdad yesterday.