Saddam takes many steps to avoid own assassination
Monday, October 21, 2002
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- His hat? Kevlar-coated for bulletproofing. His meals? Nibbled by food-tasters first, sampling for poison. And is it really Saddam Hussein anyway -- or one of his many reported doubles, hired to fool would-be assassins?
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