London: Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Cabinet ministers were told by British
intelligence chiefs that President Saddam Hussein was injured and needed a blood
transfusion when his bunker was hit in the first allied air strikes on Iraq, 'The
Sunday Telegraph' reported.
"Unfortunately, he (Saddam) was not critically injured. We think he is still alive.
We also think his (eldest) son Uday was killed or badly injured in the attack early
Thursday," a front-page report in 'The Telegraph' quoted an unnamed official as
saying.
Meanwhile, the centre-left 'Independent' on March 23 reported that Blair and his
ministers were told on March 22 morning that US and British intelligence believe
Saddam may have been killed in the first allied strikes.
