You can't make this stuff up!

Bush probes Saddam's pants By TOM NEWTON DUNN GEORGE Bush yesterday launched a probe into how pictures of Saddam Hussein in his underpants were leaked. His spokesman said: “He has been briefed. He wants to get to the bottom of it.” Mr Bush stressed he did NOT believe The Sun’s snaps yesterday would cause a backlash in Iraq. The fascinating photographs — which also show the fallen tyrant, 68, washing his socks and sleeping in his cell — provided the first glimpse of his life in captivity. After appearing in The Sun they were shown around the world on TV and in newspapers. In Baghdad, Iraqis gathered in coffee shops to laugh out loud as our front page picture of their ex-president in his Y-fronts was screened by Arab networks. ... from the The Sun (UK) tabloid slease-paper.