In a most bizarre stories ever heard, some people in Baghdad are claiming that they are seeing Saddam’s ghost in Baghdad public areas. Sources say, this may be a plot by the Baathists to keep Saddam ‘alive’ among the Sunni communities. Some claim he is seen in restaurants, markets and so on. It is possible many Saddam look-alikes are now more prominent and people are mistaking these look-alikes as possible Saddam. It is also possible that Saddam was such a threat that people just cannot believe he is dead and not coming back. None of these possible ghost sightings are confirmed by any reliable sources or Iraqi authorities. Saddam Hussein was buried before dawn on Sunday in his native village of Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, the head of his tribe and a family source said. Ali al-Nida, head of the Albu Nasir tribe, told Reuters the burial in a family plot took place in the early morning, less than 24 hours after the former president was hanged for crimes against humanity. He gave no further details.

A source close to Saddam's family confirmed his remains were interred at Awja, where his sons Uday and Qusay, killed by US troops in 2003, also lie in a family plot. The family had said he might be buried in the western city of Ramadi. Arab television stations broadcast new video images of Saddam's hanging, apparently shot on a low-quality camera by guards or other officials at the execution, taken from a different angle from footage shown on Iraqi state television.

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lol...

Perhaps some of Saddams "look-alikes" are being spotted more now simply due to him having been executed? Kind of like the "Elvis" thing (people saw Elvis everywhere after his death) here in America?

That makes a lot of sense there. All I know is that when I read the title, I couldn't help but laugh.

Now, that was fast.

It was probably a saddam look alike.

Saddam look-a-like? If I looked like Saddam, I'd get a new haircut pretty darn fast. Talk about being a target.

Could it be Jimmy Hoffa or DB cooper??? Makes ya wonder

humm speechless

Hehe. This story made me snicker too. I don't see why he wouldn't still make candid appearances after the drama ensueing his death and all. I'm almost positive he's hanging with Tupac and Elvis, maybe we can expect his album to drop in time for summer.

I'm going to go with look-alike Saddams. Thats probably it.

I laughed when i saw this. Good Stuff.

at least all news isnt bad news....

The Romans said the same thing when Caligula was killed..Apparently people want to hold onto thier terrors..
That's why we re-elected Bush!

I just think they can't except the fact that he's gone. Btw, does anyone know a video that actually shows Saddam getting hanged?

I have seen it.

It made me very sad to watch. Anyone who finds such things enjoyable is no better than any genocidal maniac or psychotic lunatic. He was just an old man.

While I don't disagree that nobody should willfully enjoy watching a hanging your second sentence lost me..The greatest sufferings this world has seen in it's history can pretty much be attributed to folks you could describe as "Just an old man."
Age and gender have nothing to do with evil or twisted. Nor should we allow such things to go unpunished.

No pun intended?

So they should overlook all the killing he did and let him off the hook because '' He was just an old man ''?

Saddam back from the dead and hauting the sh**tes.

They passed in the news the other day, you could see him praying to his god Allah. And people calling him %%% of a %%%%%

What people see is his moustache in the face of manies mans,if you see a lot of people in iraq use moustache,like saddam used.

The only way Saddam could be seen without look-alikes, is if he was booted outta Hell for being too messed up. When I read this, I couldn't help but laugh....what a bunch of morons I say.

Well there is another possibility, maybe he has been seen about and they actually hung a look a like, sorry i am jk of course.
It really does not surprise me that these statements have come up, with what previous posts have said about the look a likes
and of course the ultimate fashion accessory..the moustache, its bound to happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVG5_F5Ado

This video was found on YouTube, apparently taped on a cheap cellphone camera by an onlooker in the crowd. The alleged suspect who taped the video was arrested today for questioning, I read from a news source.

Warning- Its a bit graphic, it does show everything afterall.

Personally I shudder at the thought that someone would want to film a person being executed even if that person was a evil man.

Having said that i dont feel sorry for saddam though.

i loved this man sad to see him go

You........................loved him?

Ew.

Maybe Saddam is might to walk the earth forever as a ghost. For he's evil deeds. =/ Who knows.

List of Saddam's Crimes Is Long
The Former Dictator Was Executed for One of His Lesser Atrocities
Dec. 30, 2006 — Saddam Hussein was hanged for ordering the deaths of 148 Shiite men and boys in the village of Dujail after an assassination attempt there in 1982. But by the standards of his brutal rule, the Dujail killings were a relatively minor crime.
The exact number of deaths attributable to Saddam Hussein may never be known, but estimates range as high as half a million. There is evidence of more than 250 mass graves dating to his rule.
Following is a list of other crimes Saddam is accused of. The most notorious is his genocidal campaign against the Kurds in the north. The trial for those murders, and for others, will now continue with the remaining defendants.
1974 — Dawa Killings
Five leaders of the Shiite Islamic Dawa Party were sentenced to death and killed as Saddam consolidated his power. In 2004, those murders were among many charges announced against Saddam. The U.S. State Department estimates thousands of Saddam's political rivals were killed.
1980 — Fayli Deportations and Killings
Thousands of Kurds of the Fayli sect were persecuted. Some were expelled to Iran, others killed. Saddam thought of them as Iranian, and therefore as enemies. Fayli women were often imprisoned or put into camps.
1983 — Barzani Abductions
After the Iraqi-based Kurdistan Democratic Party allied with Iran during the Iran-Iraq War, Saddam sought to punish the clan and its leader, Massoud Barzani. More than 5,000 males, some as young as 10, disappeared. Decades later the remains of 512 Barzani men were discovered in a mass grave. They were reinterred in 2005. A letter that shows Saddam's direct involvement in the crimes was discovered in Baghdad.
1988 — Al-Anfal Campaign
From February to September 1988, Saddam conducted what has been called a genocidal campaign against the Kurdish population. Gen. Ali Hassan al-Majid, or "Chemical Ali," Saddam's cousin, carried out the Al-Anfal operation using chemical weapons. Human Rights Watch estimates between 50,000 and 100,000 died. Kurdish officials and some international human rights groups put the number killed as high as 182,000. Saddam was on trial for the Anfal campaign at the time of his execution. Six defendants remain in the Al-Anfal case, including "Chemical Ali," who is facing charges of genocide.
1988 — Halabja Gassing
During the Anfal campaign, "Chemical Ali" ordered an attack against civilians in the town of Halabja. Iraqi forces dropped bombs containing mustard and nerve gases. An estimated 5,000 men, women and children died in a single day. Many more died from long-term medical problems, and birth defects are still common in the area.
1990s — Marsh Arabs Devastated
Saddam attacked the Shiite "Marsh Arabs" by destroying their land. Once a significant wetland, the marshes in southern Iraq were devastated by a government drainage plan that left behind a wasteland. In 1991, 250,000 Marsh Arabs lived in the region. Now 90 percent of the area is in ruins and only an estimated 20,000 people remain. Tens of thousands live in refugee camps in Iran. Efforts are now underway to restore the marshes. Human Rights Watch calls the campaign against the Marsh Arabs a crime against humanity and other rights activists call it genocide. There are claims chemical weapons also were used.
1990 — Invasion of Kuwait
In August of 1990, Saddam ordered the Iraqi military, the fourth largest military in the world at the time, to invade Kuwait, leading to the 1991 Gulf War. Iraqi soldiers are accused of torturing and executing hundreds of Kuwaitis, as well as taking hostages and looting. More than 700 oil wells were set on fire and pipelines opened, spilling oil into the Gulf.
1991 — Kurdish and Shiite Rebellions
After heeding President George H.W. Bush's call to rebel against Saddam, Shiites and Kurds were crushed by immense Iraqi military force. Saddam turned his military against the people as part of his widespread crackdown after the war. The rebels thought they would have the backing of the U.S. military. Thousands have been discovered in mass graves.
1999 — Al-Sadr Assassination
Ayatollah Muhammed al-Sadr, father of prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, and two of his sons were assassinated in 1999. Al-Sadr was a well-liked Shiite leader, and his death spawned Shiite uprisings in Baghdad. As he had previously, Saddam cracked down on the rebellion and hundreds were killed.
In a statement responding to the execution, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said, "Let the families of Iraqi martyrs killed in mass graves, Anfal, Halabja or those executed in the cells of the dead regime be happy. The mothers, orphans and widows should celebrate the death of the buried dictator."

(The source for this article is ABC news On line.)

Saddam is currently chilling with Elvis and Tupac.

His ghost wouldn't be around. He's currently, and for the near future, being...uh, "invaded" again, only this time by Satan.

I believe the statement was simply referring to the general humbling of humanity in the face of death. Though, Saddam's cursing somewhat negated that, I assume he still felt at least somewhat afraid of death.

Oh God...

To mis-quote the Simpsons:

Bart: Mom, I just saw Saddam!
Marge: Yes, dear, in your mind.
Bart: No, on the street.
Marge: On the street in your mind.
Bart: Why won't you believe me?
Marge: Sweetheart, sometimes when people die, you just want them to be alive so badly you see them everywhere. I went through the same thing when Uday and Qusay both died.

Haha, but I believe they're look-a-likes just freaking the people out.

If I was treated like Saddam was before his execution, I would definitely come back to haunt Irak.

One of my uncles resembles Saddam. (We're of spanish/mexican origins. lol)

Who knows though.. maybe his spirit is stuck here on earth trying to do whatever it is he wanted to finish?
OR people just can't get over it..

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I think it's more likly that it's one of his look-a-likes now out in the open. Didn't he have like over 200 people that looked like him running around?

Although I realize that this man was a criminal and was being punished for his crimes, I would not want to see anyone being executed.

However, Saddam died at the hands of those of his own culture, and their attitude during the execution may have been reflecting this.

In the U. S., he would have been given numerous appeals and been a resident of death row for many years. Things happen in other cultures that sometimes confuse or astound our sensibilities.

He made his crimes and got punished for it, I dont see a reason to go over it all again, But who could control Iraq now? other than sadam? the killings are getting more than sadam crimes.

thats nice.