Saddam
Hussein's mother-in-law was being questioned by US forces last night after troops
were led to her home by a specially trained dog*. It
is believed that the woman is keen to tell authorities about a number of things
that 'really ticked' her off about her son-in-law. These
things are believed to be of a highly personal nature, and are not likely to include
details of alleged weapons of mass destruction. There
have been a number of attempts on the woman's life since the marriage of her daughter,
15 years ago; all of these attempts failed as she makes sure to put on up to 7
layers of protective clothing, including a gas mask, whenever she goes out of
her house. She
told MTV, who filmed the arrest: "I'll
tell them everything, everything!" The
arrest of Saddam's mother-in-law is a coup for the liberation forces. She
was not included in the official 'card deck of evil'. --
Background * -- The
US army has around 20 dogs in Iraq, trained to look for old people.
Old people have a particular smell which dogs can be trained to find. Asked
to describe the smell, dog trainer, Corporal Tom Travers, told us:
"To
human noses the smell is little like a 'minty boiled cabbage".
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