Chalabi says Saddam and his vile progeny remain alive and in Iraq:

"Our sources confirm that he (Saddam) has actually not left Iraq," Chalabi told the Arabic-language Asharq al-Awsat daily in an interview in Baghdad. "He is here with his sons but they don't always travel together.

"I can't tell you how I know, but Saddam is traveling with a special escort and his former aides have no idea where is or what he is doing," he added.

Speculation about the whereabouts of Saddam and his two sons — Qusay and Uday — has swirled since the fall of Baghdad in April during the U.S.-led war on Iraq. [Reuters]