Neighbors Report on Hussein Entourage

Saddam Hussein’s entourage hid in the home of a former bodyguard for much of the U.S.-led war, fleeing when a bunker-busting bomb meant for him struck a block away, residents said.

The accounts raised further questions about whether Hussein survived the April 7 attack. Neighbors said they believed Hussein had stayed in the house in western Baghdad, though none of those interviewed said they saw him.

However, Hussein’s top bodyguard, Ali Nassir, and Hussein’s cousin, Gen. Ali Suleyman Abdullah Majid, were among those seen coming and going for about 10 days.