[Graymatter]

If he had a gas mask on his face, how was it determined that he was Saddam Hussein?

[bert]

There is some murkiness here.

Some say the mask was an oxygen mask. Some say there was a CIA operative somehow observing and transmitted photos to Langly where ear lobe identification confirmed Saddam and sons.

The common thread through it all is that some one was watching and reported and our guys acted.