Friday, July 02, 2004

Yo Saddam! You been workin' out?

Apparently the answer is yes. The BBC reports that the former dictator of Iraq has lost roughly 12 pounds and put on a lot of muscle tone since his capture last December, the result of a prison diet not up to Saddam's customary Presidential fare (which it said included a generous amount of Mars bars) and a twice-a-day exercise regimen. Could he be grooming himself for a post-trial boxing career, a la Iron Mike Tyson?

Tyson-Hussein. Now there's a fight I'd cough up fifty dollars to see on pay-per-view!

(Okay, the really fucked up thing about this article is that it also goes out of its way to mention that according to Arabic gossip columnists, Saddam's daughter Raghad has recently gotten a tummy tuck and breast implants. Where, o where is the BBC of yesteryear?)

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