I heard a correspondent on NPR say the same thing this morning. Saddam may have recorded that message long ago in anticipation of the start of the war. But I doubt we got him. He’s too crafty to set himself up to be taken out in an early surgical strike.
A body double would only mean that he was not going on air himself. There might have been a perceived risk to going to a studio so he decided that his body double would be a much better target them himself.
If proven to be a body double it would merely mean that saddam did not show up on tv himself. The why would still be the question.
the flip side of this is, "man wouldn't it be nice" though.
Does anyone actually think he is anywhere near our strike zones? He is long gone by now. Just like last time, He'll be back. He's just sitting back letting others do his dirty work. If we did get him, (BIT OF LUCK).