Even Though We

blasted Saddam again a couple of days ago, there is still no concensus on whether he lives or not. The Brits think he's still alive, we think he was killed in the bombed out restaurant. But more ominously, there is a rumor floating around that he has taken refuge in the Russian embassy. From CNN:

The Web site of Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera said Saddam is holed up inside the Russian Embassy in Baghdad.

The Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow neither confirmed nor denied the report to Fox News. The Russian Embassy in Washington denies that Saddam is in its Baghdad Embassy and said 12 people are still there.

State Department sources told Fox News that officials there are "downplaying" the rumor. But apparently the "phone lines are buzzing" between Washington and Moscow for a direct response.

Ahmad Chalabi, the once-exiled leader of the Iraqi National Congress, said in a TV interview that he heard from sources inside Iraq that Saddam and his two sons had survived the bombing and were in a town northeast of Baghdad when the Marines arrived.

If this is so and the Russians do harbor him, it could be a very serious situation. I hope it's just a rumor.