It's almost a year ago since Mr Damian discovered this about the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Saddam: old news

So this is Xmas, and what have you done? Published 19th December 2003.

White House and Pentagon officials have stated that when he was found last Sunday, the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein was hiding in a bid to avoid capture.

However Mr Damian has learned that the reality of the situation was somewhat different.

Sources have told us that in fact Saddam, a gentle giant whose pastimes including gassing Kurds and shooting members of his family, was in fact busy making a Santa's Grotto for the children of Tikrit.

Uncle Sal, as he is known to the villagers, had even grown a big white (ish)
beard in recent weeks in order to add to the authenticity of the experience, with close aides said to be in the process of smuggling reindeer over the Turkish border at the time of arrest.

"The stash of AK47s found nearby were presents for the children" one local told us, "those American Infidels have ruined the holy Islamic festival of Christmas" he added.

The children, we are told, are devastated, and will have to make do with weapons grade plutonium instead.

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