Iran has made a very intresting claim that Russia, the United States, and Saddam all made a secret pact. Saddam would be allowed to leave and the US would be allowed to take Baghdad. To make this happen, Russia was paid $5 billion dollars. Wow. Check it out here.
P.S. Google News is rapidly becoming my favorite news site, though there are a couple of flaws with it. For example, this article was listed in science and technology.