Saddam Still Thinks He's President

The London-based newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat said yesterday that Saddam Hussein still believes he is the president of Iraq. Fearing that other prisoners would attempt to kill Saddam in revenge, prison guards have kept the former dictator in isolation, so he is "not aware of any of the developments taking place outside prison."

Saddam, said to be "writing daily, always demanding pens and paper," has at various times also expressed beliefs that he is the King of England, Heavyweight Champion of the World, and even "Xorbac from the planet Garrplon." When informed that he would soon face an Iraqi tribunal to be tried for his crimes against his country, Saddam allegedly threatened to fry the members of the tribunal with his "death ray."