'Magic Stone' Protects Saddam from Harm

'In a country where decades of isolation and repression have cut people off from the modern world, belief in the occult is commonplace, and Iraqis regularly consult soothsayers to find stolen cars or tackle mental illness,' reports the Christian Science Monitor. 'Many believe Hussein has shrouded himself in his dark powers.' An Iraqi car dealer describes the 'magic stone' that some are convinced renders the dictator-in-hiding indestructible: 'First of all, he put it on a chicken and tried to shoot it. Then he put it on a cow, and the bullets went around it.' He did not share these magical powers with his own two sons, evidently, both of whom were killed two weeks ago by U.S. forces.
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