January 26, 2004



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    U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Cesar Castro of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment with the 4th Infantry Division holds a cut-out of Elvis Presley at the hole from where the US military captured ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in Adwar, Iraq Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. Castro, carrying the life-size cardboard cutout, was the latest visitor to this muddy farming area that has become a tourist site of sorts since Saddam Hussein was pulled out of the underground bunker on Dec. 13 after nearly eight months on the run. (AP Photo/Cesar Castro)            

     

    Elvis, Castro Visit Last Saddam Hideout  

    By PAUL GARWOOD, Associated Press Writer

    ADWAR, Iraq - U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Cesar Castro, carrying a life-size cardboard cutout of Elvis Presley, was the latest visitor to this muddy farming area that has become a tourist site of sorts since Saddam Hussein was pulled out of an underground bunker.



    Castro, with the Tikrit-based 4th Infantry, put his arm around the shoulders of the glittering, gold suited Elvis and got his comrades to take his pictures in front of the former dictator's last hiding hole.


    "It seemed like a good idea to bring (a cutout) of Elvis to Saddam's hole to show that Elvis was even here," Castro said.

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