US probes if Saddam was killed in strike

US defence officials were today investigating whether a strike on three vehicles fleeing Iraq near the Syrian border killed former dictator Saddam Hussein or his sons.

US probes if Saddam was killed in strike

US defence officials were today investigating whether a strike on three vehicles fleeing Iraq near the Syrian border killed former dictator Saddam Hussein or his sons.

They said DNA tests were being carried out on the victims, and that the strike by special forces AC-130 gunship was being given high level attention at the Pentagon.

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