"D" on the revised Leftist Talking Points list.
Your first link is simply pathetic. "Freedom Fighters" getting a free ride on a bus owned by one of Saddam's goon sons.
"I am not afraid to travel from Baghdad to Basra, the Americans say they control part of Iraq but it's all lies, they only got the port of Umm Qasr," he defiantly added.
One can only imagine what kind of pantload this poor guy was fed about what's really going on.
And we already have excellent examples of how Saddam views official "pardons" for those who have crossed him.