CIA: Techno CD Found In Iraq Is "Probably Saddam"

WASHINGTON (CT) - White House officials have announced that Central Intelligence Agency analysts have told them that a new techno CD found in Iraq is "probably Saddam." Thousands of the CD's were found in an abandoned warehouse by coalition troops outside the city of Mosul, where Saddam's sons Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed just over a week ago. A separate copy was received by the Arabic news network Al-Jazeera at roughly the same time as the Mosul discovery. "The lyrics, the singing style, the heavy use of the Orchestra Hit keyboard voice, they're all Saddam trademarks,"Â? explains Diana Jefferson of the CIA's Musicology branch. "Iraqi defectors say Saddam's inner circle has been listening to a lot of Moby in recent months, and the influence is easy to hear; I'd say I'm 95% sure it's him." If so, it would be proof that Iraq's infamous dictator not only is still alive but managing to keep his recording career going despite being pursued by a quarter million troops. "That's not a good sign,"Â? Jefferson continues. "Most of Saddam's messages after the fall of Baghdad have been spoken-word recordings, which are easier to make when you're on the run. This [releasing a techno CD] means Saddam's definitely out of our immediate reach. It also means he still has loyalists within Iraq's techno community."Â? Excerpts from several songs were played by U.S. reconstruction leader Jay Garner at a press conference. "This song's called 'To All The Girls My Sons Kidnapped,'Â? Garner said. 'Kind of catchy in a repulsive way, really.'" Saddam's techno foray is the second CD released by a dictator ousted by American intervention. Former Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic recorded a CD of his favorite cover songs while police waited outside to bring him to the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide.