Saddam has at least 3 body-doubles...

[db]

...according to a German public TV network.

"The ZDF public television network in Germany, working with a coroner, claims that after a scientific study of 450 photographs of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, they believe there are at least three doubles posing as the Iraqi president. The photographs and film clips of Saddam were processed with facial recognition -- and they claim the men said to be him were lookalikes."

A "doppelgänger" is often seen in video of public appearances in which he does not speak. 'Most notable' is a difference in the ears and forehead.

Is anybody really surprised?!

In German:
site
video

 

[Chaotic42]

Mort Crim says so too.

Hmm..... Very odd.

 

[BDawg]

They showed their pictures on CNN this morning. One looks like the fat, 70's, Vegas Elvis...I mean Saddam.

 

[Bulk Beef]

One of them lives up the street from me. I swear it's true.

 

[Viper GTS]

Can you imagine having that job?

:Q

Viper GTS

 

[hamburglar]

wow!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Can you imagine having that job?

:Q

Viper GTS

i wonder if they're paid well? run of the presidential palaces?

 

[db]

Definately want life insurance for the family on that job...
or weekends in the Presidential harem.

 

[Red Dawn]

n/m

 

[Maverick]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I don't know but when I see pictures of him and all his generals they all look like they could be related. I mean they all have olive uniforms and dirty Sanchez's on their lips.

I think the same thing when I walk into a room full of white guys...they must all be related

 

[Red Dawn]

Sorry Shiva, I didn't mean it to come across that way. I was just trying to insult Hussien, not everybody of Middleastern Ancestry

 

[Maverick]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Sorry Shiva, I didn't mean it to come across that way. I was just trying to insult Hussien, not everybody of Middleastern Ancestry

its okay Red, you're forgiven

 

[imported_Tomato]

Castro has at least 30.

Peace,
Dezign

 

[zzzz]

Bush has some too. The only way to recognise the right one is to listen (or watch) him speak.
this is the real Bush.

 

[bizmark]

Does anybody else think that Saddam Hussein looks like a Mexican grandfather? Can't you just picture him on some hacienda out in Mexico with a cerveza in one hand and a Cuban in the other? I don't know why.... I think it's the moustache that really gets me. He almost seems like a lovable old guy if you just look at his photos.

yes, I know I'm talking about a ruthless killer. I'm just talking about the way he looks.

 

[Squisher]

Saddam has at least 3 body-doubles...

So, it'll take four bullets to sort this out.

 

[davee]

they've been around for years i think he has more than three though you know the old saying a saddam in the hand is worth two in the bush

 

[nagger]

George W. Bush also has three body-doubles:

Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest








j/k

Of course every dictator must have a couple of body-doubles around for protection.

If you look back at WWII lots of Hitler's doubles were found in Berlin area (even in the ReichTag).

It's another point for those who wish to compare Saddam Husein to Adolf Hitler.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Can you imagine having that job?

:Q

Viper GTS

i wonder if they're paid well? run of the presidential palaces?

i bet they get to use saddams used women. talk about sloppy seconds

 

[Red Dawn]

bet they get to use saddams used women. talk about sloppy seconds

Yeah I hear they all are a bunch of SCUDS!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

There was something about this on NPR today. Whoever did the analysis said that Saddam has not been seen on TV since 1998 until a few weeks ago, and there is some doubt he has been seen in public at all for quite a while.

 

[etech]

Red, you are more correct than you apparently knew.
"I don't know but when I see pictures of him and all his generals they all look like they could be related. "

After Saddam
".....
But experts say Saddam?s power ? and security ? are firmly rooted not just in extreme repression, but also by an extensive family and tribal network, which holds positions of power throughout the Iraqi government, including the various military and intelligence organizations. And the son Qusay seems well positioned and well practiced to take his father?s place as the supreme authoritarian power within that hierarchy.
...."

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: etech
Red, you are more correct than you apparently knew. "I don't know but when I see pictures of him and all his generals they all look like they could be related. " After Saddam "..... But experts say Saddam?s power ? and security ? are firmly rooted not just in extreme repression, but also by an extensive family and tribal network, which holds positions of power throughout the Iraqi government, including the various military and intelligence organizations. And the son Qusay seems well positioned and well practiced to take his father?s place as the supreme authoritarian power within that hierarchy. ...."

Considering the culture of the Middle East, it would be suprising if family wasn't in charge. As for the character of the little tyke, they say the apple never falls far from the tree.