By Lee Pfeiffer
There's been plenty of tragedy associated with the Iraq war, but there are also occasional nuggets of humor. Take, for example, an innocent Egyptian man who has the unfortunate fate of bearing a striking resemblance to Saddam Hussein. The man was approached by a group of Iraqi "entrepreneurs" who offered him over $300,000 to appear in a porn film that was going to be passed off as hidden footage of the late despot having sex. When the man refused, he was kidnapped by the would-be producers, tossed in a car and later dumped on a road when the kidnappers got into a dispute. Making matters even more bizarre is the revelation that the CIA once contemplated discrediting Saddam by staging another "hidden video" scenario in which Hussein would be "surreptitiously" filmed having sex with a teenage boy. And you thought the CIA attempts to kill Castro by putting explosives in his cigars were bizarre? In any event, none of the Saddam sex films were ever made, as far as we know. However, if one ever does surface we have the perfect title: The Great Dicktator.
