The former Iraqi information minister, Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf, is alive and living in a Baghdad suburb - and still wearing his trademark uniform and beret, according to a British newspaper report.
The Mail on Sunday said it had tracked down Al-Sahaf, ending speculation he had committed suicide or fled the country. The newspaper said it found him "cowering in his modest home, terrified his own people will kill him."
His wife and daughter act as his human shields while his sons had temporarily left their jobs as doctors to help protect him, the report said.
The newspaper described Al-Sahaf - as "a broken man, spending his days pacing his study in his uniform and green beret." He refused to talk to the paper and friends said he may never go out in public again. (Albawaba.com)
