Maybe Validity to Alleged Saddam Planning

I have heard rumors and reports that Saddam planned some insurgency activities before the fall of Baghdad -- does this give these rumors validity? I mean it seems obvious that these people[?] must be Saddam supporters/followers.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen in Baghdad shot and killed a judge working for the Iraqi special tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his top lieutenants, Interior Ministry officials said on Wednesday