Saddam is not here now. This picture was taken a while back, long before the war started. It shows Saddam as he sat in a meeting at an unknown location, making "oil for weapons" deals in the amout of 5 billion dolars with French President Jacques Chirac. Saddam got his weapons materials but Chirac hasn't been payed yet and it looks like he never will be. He should have respected the UN trade sanctions against Iraq.