# Four bombs, how do we tell if Hussein's dead?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-bombs-how-do-we-tell-if-husseins-dead/170628 "2003-04-23T17:06:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![FudgeNugget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@FudgeNugget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FudgeNugget)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-bombs-how-do-we-tell-if-husseins-dead/170628/1 "2003-04-23T17:06:47Z")

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If we dropped four bunker busters on the restaurant where Saddam Hussein was supposed to be in, how in the hell are we going to know whether or not we got him?

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-bombs-how-do-we-tell-if-husseins-dead/170628/2 "2003-04-23T18:14:37Z")

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Well, the reamins would be there and the US says they have DNA samples from him so it would be a simple matter to check any remains. But for that the US would have to go to the site and dig it up and many days passed and no US personnel went to the site or showed any interest in digging it up so. . .

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**Author:** ![FudgeNugget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@FudgeNugget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FudgeNugget)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-bombs-how-do-we-tell-if-husseins-dead/170628/3 "2003-04-24T17:31:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by sailor \*  
> \*\*Well, the reamins would be there and the US says they have DNA samples from him so it would be a simple matter to check any remains. But for that the US would have to go to the site and dig it up and many days passed and no US personnel went to the site or showed any interest in digging it up so. . . \*\*

Remains in what form? I wouldn’t expect body parts or even visible blood lying around after dropping four bombs on the place. Since the US hasn’t looked for remains, what’s the conclusion? What of Saddam Hussein?