Clairvoyant 'guided troops to Saddam's bolt-hole'

The American troops who discovered Saddam Hussein cowering in his spider hole were guided there by a clairvoyant, celebrity spoon bender Uri Geller claimed today.

The psychic said a “remote viewer” told the US military where the former Iraqi dictator was, describing how they would find a trapdoor under a carpet.

He said had seen official letters detailing how the information given, but could not reveal who his source was.

“I know for a fact, from inside information, that certain governments still use remote viewing,” Mr Geller said.

“The discovery of Saddam Hussein was with the help of a remote viewer.

“The information they delivered was very, very accurate.

“They simply described the place where he was hiding.

“They said ‘lift up the carpet and there will be a trapdoor’.

“The carpet was removed, the trapdoor was found and there was Saddam Hussein.”

Remote viewers use powerful thoughtwaves to focus on something and then receive detailed information back about it, Israeli-born Mr Geller said.

“It is a talent that people can learn,” he said.

“You don’t have to be a pyschic, you can be an intuitive, where you have a high rate of intuition.”

The source used in Saddam’s December 2003 capture was probably an intuitive, he added.

The US Defence Department did not comment on Mr Geller’s claim but referred to the briefing given by American commanders after Saddam was caught in where they said they acted on a tip-off.

They later explained that it came from a detainee arrested the day before in Baghdad.

Last year a Brazilian psychic tried to claim a 25 million dollar reward offered for the ex-dictator’s capture.

He said he had described the hiding place near Tikrit in letters to the US government.