82nd Airborne Division captures a former bodyguard of Saddam Hussein

CentCom ^ | 11/26/03

[William McKinley]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

82 AD CAPTURES FORMER SADDAM HUSSEIN BODYGUARD

AR RAMADI, Iraq – Elements of the 82nd Airborne Division successfully raided a house north of Ar Ramadi as part of ongoing operations in the area to capture individuals involved in anti-coalition activities.

Elements of the 1st Battalion, 16th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, conducted a raid on a house north of Ar Ramadi suspected of insurgent activity. At approximately 3:00am, the unit established a cordon of the area and entered the house, capturing four Iraqi personnel. Brig. Gen. Khalid Arak Hatimy, a former bodyguard of Saddam Hussein, was one of the men captured.

Task Force “All American” will continue to hunt and find former regime loyalists who threaten the safety of Iraqis and coalition forces.

[Finalapproach29er]

Big deal. We've captured several b'guards. Where is Saddam?

[William McKinley]

You're right. Those who are trying to kill our troops should be left alone until we find Saddam.

Not.

[rdb3]

HOOAH!

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[Peach]

We'll find Saddam eventually. Dead or alive.

In the interim, do you honestly believe that capturing his bodyguards is a bad thing? What should we do - let them go?

One of these bodyguards may talk about where Saddam is and it's one more bad guy off the streets.

[ConservativeMan55]

This is the breaking news I was looking for in the previous breaking news post!

Thank You!

[ConservativeMan55]

Exactly. This bodyguard was providing money and resources thereby inciting violence against our troops.

So now more of our soldiers lives have been saved.

[New Horizon]

Nice work bump.

[Buffalo Head]

Pay no attention to immature disrupters. They will eventually be excommunicated and sent to DU.

[Peach]

Yes, the comment did make me wonder if we had found a "sleeper".

[sully777]

Bodyguards are trained in many aspects of warfare, no?

Bodyguards are generally of high intelligence, no?

Bodyguards are picked for loyalty and courage, no?

I think that capturing Saddam's bodyguards is a good action. It's not Saddam, granted, but it is getting a bad guy off the streets.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I agree. We should ignore all these ex-regime guys and just concentrate on Saddam. So what if guys like this are planning and coordinating attacks on our guys, it's not like he's an ex-dictator or anything...

[bicycle thug]

AIRBORNE!

All the way

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Here:

8 82 AD CAPTURES FORMER SADDAM HUSSEIN BODYGUARD ~ CENTCOM | 11/26/03

Most recent CENTCOM security report, successes of our awesome troops in Iraq from CENTCOM:

8 TASK FORCE “ALL AMERICAN” CARRIES OUT RAIDS AND PATROLS ~ CENTCOM  | 11/29/03

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[bicycle thug]

"We should ignore all these ex-regime guys and just concentrate on Saddam. So what if guys like this are planning and coordinating attacks on our guys, it's not like he's an ex-dictator or anything..."

Think of it like consuming a big combat grade tootsie pop. With enough patience you finally get to the soft chewy center, and the wait just makes savoring it so much more fun.

[Howie66]

Cool! Please, let's turn this guy over to Lt.Col. Allan West. He seems to know how to get wanted intel out of those boys.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I hope you realize I was being sarcastic :0)

[bicycle thug]

Of course I knew. I understand your humor which has very real impatience to it. I was a paratrooper many years, black, too hard bitten humor for public consumption keeps military people sane in the pursuit of 'accomplishing the mission.'

I would dearly love to hear the barracks humor of paratroopers in Iraq. Much of that you could never print here and I sure do miss it.

Getting Osama bent Laden and Sodomy Hussein are very important missions to accomplish. At least they have to run and hide or wear burkas and they dare not show their mugs. I wouldn't want the United States single mindedly out to reel me in. And I know they are really hating life right about now.

And you know the egos on either of those two will flush them out into the open eventually. There are only so many hidey holes, and neither of those idiots have the brains or common sense to make like BD Cooper too damn long. ;-)

[lilylangtree]

Yo Saddam, ya can run and ya can hide but ya will be caught provided a soldier doesn't eliminate you first.