Saddam Husayn rewrote the history of Iraq to give himself the role of the hero. His re-writing of history continues from captivity, it seems. Pro-Saddam Ba`thists are reporting this in their newsgroups: that there was a 30 hour "battle" between Saddam and his fighters on the one hand, and US troops on the other side. According to this fantasy--I mean account--Saddam and "his" men were able to cost the enemy some 250 casualties, while the Saddam side suffered some 150. The same story continues to say that the Americans, having failed to subdue "heroic" Saddam, used various gases and weapons to paralyze the enemy. This account however does not explain why the reporters who visited the site did not see any evidence of it.