According to an Israeli-born psychic Uri Geller, the December 2003 capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was not simply a matter of luck or the work of sophisticated intelligence gathering. Rather, members of a US paranormal program used psychic powers to locate the tiny hole containing the bearded and bedraggled dictator.Geller claims to have worked for the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War. He said on Monday that his knowledge of the psychic discovery of Saddam is gathered from a high-level source in the secret US paranormal program.
He said he held letters revealing the information but refused to name his source.
In an interview with Reuters, Geller said, "You remember when they found Saddam Hussein in Iraq? A soldier walked over to a rock, lifted it and then found a trap door and found him in there. Well, I know that that soldier walked over to that rock because he got information from a 'remote viewer' from the United States."
The 'remote viewer' according to Geller is a kind of psychic who located Saddam with his or her mind thousands of miles away.
Officials for the U.S. did not take time to comment on the subject, only noting that a source close to Saddam had spoken of his whereabouts under interrogation.
Last year, a Brazilian psychic attempted to collect a $25 million reward for Saddam's capture. The psychic said that he had written letters to the U.S. government with explicit descriptions of the ousted leaders hiding hole.
Uri Geller
