Breaking News: Saddam May Be Dead

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  minimus

  It must suck to look like Saddam Hussein.
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  William Penwell

  Yes I don't think there would be much demand for a Saddam Hussein look alike. Maybe a George W Bush look alike unless you were to travel to an Arab country.

  Will
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  Mulan

  Well..........now the experts are saying they think it is him in the video. But they are examining it to see how old it is. How can they tell?
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  LB

  If I lived in Iraq right now I'd be clean shaven and you wouldn't be able to find a single beret in my closet.
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  Brummie

  THAT IS the same man, how is it "easy" to tell that it isnt? I would put my last dollar on that being the same man. Apart from the Dame Edna Average glasses there is very little difference. Even his bottom lip swings in the same direction.

  Brummie
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  teenyuck

  There is a man in California who is a Saddam look alike. He said his business is booming.

  I cannot find a picture of him...

  Here is the story from Oddly Enough:

  Tuesday, March 18, 2003

  SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - As the United States prepares to go to war with Iraq, a man who looks just like Saddam Hussein proudly wanders the halls of California's state capitol.

  Jaded state legislators don't even bat an eye when he appears to drop by their offices.

  They know it is actually Jerry Haleva, a savvy political insider with his own lobbying firm, Sergeant Major Communications, and a thriving sideline as Hollywood's favourite double for Saddam Hussein.

  If you have seen Saddam in a movie lately, you have may have seen Haleva. His screen credits include the spoofs "Hot Shots" and "Hot Shots Deux", the Coen Brothers' "The Big Lebowski", and the 2002 HBO mockumentary "Live from Baghdad".

  And no, it's not just the makeup. Haleva really does bear a striking resemblance to the Iraqi leader, who is reputed to employ a number of doubles for security reasons.

  "Especially when I'm in costume," Haleva said, pointing to a headshot from "Live from Baghdad." "You know all those posters and billboards in the movie? That was me as Saddam."

  Haleva's film career started with a 1989 prank when he was a staffer for the legislature's Republican minority leader.

  "The sergeant at arms saw this picture of Saddam addressing his troops. But he copied the picture and passed it around the Capitol with the caption: 'Now we know what Haleva does on his weekends,'" he said.

  After the first Gulf War, the lobbyist became a hot property as his impersonator, both in movies and in person.

  While waiting in costume at one convention, he met former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

  "I shook his hand, and someone said 'I have got to get this picture!'" he said. Haleva used the photo in his firm's marketing brochures with the caption: "If we can make this happen, how hard can your issue be?"

  Haleva said his resemblance has been good for business. "It opens doors...and I have a lot of fun with it."

  The lobbyist clearly enjoys his impersonation work; he has a wall of mementos, props, and photos with Hollywood stars.

  But he also relishes the irony of being a pro-Israel Jewish activist earning money by making fun of the Iraqi leader.

  Haleva dismissed concerns about his personal safety.

  "During the first Gulf War, I took a friend's advice and shaved off my moustache. But life's too short -- you can't live in fear,' he said. "I don't think anybody thinks I share any of Saddam's views."

  Haleva said he fully supports President George W. Bush's actions against Hussein, whom he described as "pure evil."

  "As an actor," Haleva says, "I hope he goes into exile, and my career extends. But as an American, I hope I get to do his epitaph."

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  sandy

  It must suck to look like Saddam Hussein.

  Hey minimus, my dad looks like Saddam "INSANE". My family and I always tease him. We tell him to be careful when going out in public. And maybe he should go to Iraq as a spy and become one Saddam's doubles.
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  BluesBrother

  So what? My dentist is a dead ringer for Osama bin Laden . Big family joke when I go for a check up .
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  minimus

  Sandy, I'd tell your Dad that only if I wanted to get rid of him. Ahhh, do you look like one of his children???
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  Elsewhere

  LB: If I lived in Iraq right now I'd be clean shaven and you wouldn't be able to find a single beret in my closet.

  Where's LB?

  Pardon me while I go make a quick phone call to the CIA.