# Whatever happened to Saddam's doubles?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 30, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-saddams-doubles/185348 "2003-06-30T14:32:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-saddams-doubles/185348/1 "2003-06-30T14:32:24Z")

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It is widely believed that Saddam used body doubles to thwart assassination; according to some estimates, he may have had as many as seven. Have any of these doubles been apprehended? I suppose they could have been murdered by Saddam, but I would think they would be of more value to him alive. Is it likely that all seven could escape capture this long?

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**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-saddams-doubles/185348/2 "2003-06-30T19:35:21Z")

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poisioned tooth? Final Friend? maybe they all suicided (or were killed by their protectors) or maybe they all dispersed to other nations under super seeekrit plans?

I’ve wondered it myself, or if they’ve gone the way of the alleged WMD?

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**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-saddams-doubles/185348/3 "2003-06-30T19:52:58Z")

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Great question.

Maybe they’ve all shaved off their mustaches and washed off the makeup and dyed their hair.

Or maybe Saddam is alive and has them all in the same room with him, so if the Americans find him, suddenly 8 saddams all come running out of the room in all directions. He would need 8 jeeps, motorcycles, etc available also.

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**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-saddams-doubles/185348/4 "2003-06-30T20:46:35Z")

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Damn MaryEFoo, you beat me to the mustache joke.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-saddams-doubles/185348/5 "2003-06-30T21:26:08Z")

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Maybe when the Americans show up, they’ll perform a giant version of the classic Mirror Routine and Saddam will escape as they try and figure out who to arrest. 😛

I bet they could write a very interesting tell-all book. “Just the Eight of Us,” or “Eight Men Out” or something.

You know what else would be fun? If Saddam and his doubles all sat down for a big poker game.

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**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-saddams-doubles/185348/6 "2003-07-02T03:55:19Z")

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“Good news, guys! Saddam Hussein survived the bombing of his compund the other night. Bad news…he lost an arm!”