Saddam Hussein planned to escape from his US-run prison in 2006 with the help of loyalists, including former bodyguards, according to a book written by one of his lawyers.
Under the plan, the Iraqi fighters were given orders to attack Baghdad's Green Zone and the headquarters of the US Marines at the capital's airport, before raiding his jail at Camp Cropper near the airport, according to Khalil al-Dulaimi who wrote Saddam Hussein Out of US Prison: What Happened.
Saddam Hussein 'had plan to escape from US prison' - Telegraph