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# Letter: Mocking Bloomberg's suggestion that Saddam hid among Santa Monica's homeless
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/wartime-humor-editor/
- Published: 2003-12-22T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:22:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pier, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Henry Rosenfeld*

Add me to the list of readers writing to advise Mr. Bloomberg, who was “just wondering” if Saddam might have been more successful hiding “amongst our large homeless population in Santa Monica.” (SMDP, Dec. 17, page 4).

You betcha! I recently saw Osama and Elvis camping together under the pier. I wonder if you saw them; I think they were playing a game of backgammon with JFK’s brain.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 22, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122203.pdf?ref=smdp.com)