Article: SABRAN HUSSEIN; Dictator's cellblock secrets are revealed by US guards Raisin bran is fave breakfast GIs say he has 'germaphobia' He gives saucy advice on girls Now would like to be Bush's pal.(News)

Byline: By ANDY LINES

SADDAM Hussein is a friendly clean-freak who loves Raisin Bran Crunch for breakfast, does his own laundry - and says he's still president of Iraq.

That strange picture of a supposedly evil tyrant has just been painted by a group of young US soldiers who were thrust unexpectedly into the role of prison guards to the deposed dictator.

They say Saddam offered not-so-fatherly advice on "finding a good woman" to one unmarried GI.

He was "germophobic" - preoccupied with washing after shaking hands and wiping down meal ...

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