Slate Magazine:

"Time says Adnan Pachachi, acting president of the Iraqi Governing Council, was so intent on hectoring the deposed dictator face to face that he put a congratulatory phone call from President Bush on hold. In a Web-only item, Time reports that when offered a drink by his captors, Saddam responded, "If I drink water I will have to go to the bathroom and how can I use the bathroom when my people are in bondage?"