Elvis, Castro Visit Last Saddam Hideout

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Elvis, Castro Visit Last Saddam Hideout

By PAUL GARWOOD, Associated Press Writer

ADWAR, Iraq - Castro came with Elvis on Monday to visit Saddam's last hiding place.

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Cesar Castro, carrying a life-size cardboard cutout of Elvis Presley, was the latest visitor to this muddy farming area that has become a tourist site of sorts since Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was pulled out of an underground bunker on Dec. 13 after nearly eight months on the run.


Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division, chiefly responsible for finding Saddam, had taken to calling him Elvis. Their missions — chasing tips, vague intelligence and sightings of the ousted dictator — came to be known as "Elvis hunts

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