Saddam Had Pledged Not to be Taken Alive

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Saddam Had Pledged Not to be Taken Alive

Saddam Hussein had pledged not to be taken alive, a top Iraqi military man claimed before the his old boss was captured without a fight hiding in a "spider hole" in a rural farmhouse near Tikrit.

Discussing Saddam's capture with WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg, former Green Beret-turned-Fox News military analyst Bob Bevelacqua recounted a conversation he had with a two star Iraqi general during a recent trip to Iraq.

"Saddam Hussein had personally told this guy that he was going to blow his brains out before the Americans got access to him," Bevelacqua said.

Hussein had two AK-47s and a pistol on him at the time of his capture, but never attempted to kill either himself or the approaching GIs from the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division.

"The fact that he did have weapons on him, it just goes to show you that the man absolutely is a coward," Bevelacqua told Malzberg.