Hussein's Last Appearance BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 15 � He was here, and then, like a shadow, he was gone. At the Adhamiya Mosque in northern Baghdad, people have made a legend of the half hour last Wednesday, around the time of the noon prayers, when they say Saddam Hussein appeared in public, in the square outside the mosque, and offered what may prove to have been his last promise, or his last deceit, to the people of Iraq. New York Times via MyWay News