Report: Saddam Feared Getting 'Venereal Diseases' From U.S. Guards

CAIRO, Egypt (Fox News) — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or some other venereal disease during his U.S.-supervised captivity, according to excerpts of his prison writings published in a leading Arab newspaper Monday.

The London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat published excerpts of what it described as Saddam's prison dairies which it said its correspondent obtained from U.S. authorities.

The U.S. military confirmed that pages of Saddam's writings have been released.