Saddam Captured Newsconference occuring NOW [Live Thread]

CNN ^ | 12-14-03 | CNN

[Ramtek57]

[MEG33]

Happy Anniversary to you.Happy Independence Day for Iraq!

[ROCKLOBSTER]

I would give a years pay for an opportunity to slap that long faced punk John Kerry

John Effin' Kerry and a horse sat down next to each other at a bar.

The bartender says to John Effin' Kerry, "Hey, why the long face?"

[O Neill]

Death rattle of the Democrat party.

Let us hope this follows. The Democrat Party is now the greatest, contemporary threat to our national security. Only when Hitlery is captured, along with Blather, Brokenjaw and Squire Jennings can we be truly safe!

[amom]

FoxNews says in about 20 minutes they will be covering a press conference live from Tikrit...how it all came down...etc.

[Lady Jag]

Better late than never ping!

You couldn't have said it better!

[HighWheeler]

Lots of hilarity listening to the callers on CSPAN right now. I haven't heard so many idiot people in a while, the "anti-war" nutcakes are going ballistic!

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

You didn't know he serve in Vietnam? I think he needs to remind us more often so we don't forget.

[YaYa123]

NBC just announced soldiers in on the capture will take questions from reporters in about 20 minutes. Can't wait to hear the stupid stupid questions reporters ask them.

[tutstar]

LOL

Been here yet?

http://mb3.dk/ayiabtu/

[tutstar]

[SouthernFreebird]

Just kidding.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Oh, I know -- so was I :-D

[11Bush]

My cable just went out!!!! What a lousy day for an ice storm.

[Peach]

In about 15 minutes, a news conference will be held with some soldiers involved in Saddam's capture.

It sounds as though you will miss it due to church commitments, but I'm sure it will be replayed over and over.

Kudos to our brave, beloved troops!

[metesky]

I believe a POWERFREEP may be in order at:

www.deanforamerica.com

Dean will be in ME Feb. 8th. By then the whole Dem party will be sooo dead in the water. ;O)

[Grampa Dave]

In California we get elated when it gets at or below $1.50. It was amazing the positive comments yesterday from other drivers filling up at the Costco. One clown had an impeach Bush sticker on. He got so much flack, he left without filling up.

The two faced sob, also had a "No War for Oil" sticker. I told him to fill his frigging van up with sea water and leave the gasoline for the rest of us. Then a black guy with military sticker on his vehicle really lit into him. The black guy was about 6'4" and built like you know what. After that interchange, the creep got into his vehicle and left. Several of us clapped and laughed at him as he left.

[Ramtek57]

Cool, thanks for sending me to that site!

http://mb3.dk/ayiabtu/

[knak]

what great and surprising news to wake up to! Then Kerry came on, his usual jerk self. I can't wait to hear the dems

[Future Useless Eater]

Recent additions:
        12/14/03 - Saddam Hussein
       
        (CAPTURED!)

Iraq's 55 13 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation         (Revised: 12/14am)
	Name	Position	Status
	Saddam Hussein	President of Iraq/CINC of Military	CAPTURED! 12/14/03
	Qusay Hussein	SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander	KILLED 7/22/03
	Uday Hussein	Saddam Fedayeen Commander [the older "crazy rapist" son]	KILLED 7/22/03
	Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti	Presidential Secretary (WMD Release Authority)	Captured 6/18/03
	Ali Hasan al-Majid [aka: "Chemical Ali"]	Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr	Captured 8/21/03
	Izzat IBRAHIM al-Duri	Vice Chair of the RCC, North Reg Cmdr	Captured At Large
	Hani Abd Latif Tilfa al-Tikriti	SSO Director	At large**
	Aziz Salih al-Numan	BP Regional Cmdr/Cmdr BP Militia Reg Cmd	Captured 5/22/03 [Earlier reports of his death were bogus]
	Muhammad Hamza al-ZUBAYDI [aka Saddam's "Shiite Thug"]	Central Euphrates Reg Cmdr "One of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals" -Clinton Admin	Captured 4/21/03
	Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti	RG Secretary General	In Custody 5/17/03
	Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti	SRG Commander	Captured 7/23/03
	Muzahim Sa'b Hasan al-Tikriti	Air Defense Force Commander	Captured 4/23/03
	Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti	Armed Forces Chief of Staff	Captured 5/12/03
	Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi	RGFC Chief	At large(?)** [or maybe dead? see note2]
	Rafi Abd Latif al Tilfah	DGS Director	At large
	Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti	IIS Director	At large**
	Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti	Air Force Commander	Captured 6/14/03
	Latif Nussayif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi	Dep Chmn Baath Party	Captured 6/10/03
	Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh	OMI Director (WMD Production)	Captured 5/02/03
	Taha Yasin RAMADAN al-Jizrawi	Vice President	Captured 8/19/03
	Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar al-Majid Sulayman al-Tikriti	Chief of Tribal Affairs	At large
	Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti	Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs [Saddam's son-in-law]	In Custody 4/20/03
	Mizban Khadr Hadi	RCC Member, Reg CDR Central Euphrates Region U.S. Army's V Corps headquarters said Mizban Khadr Hadi, ... was captured Thursday [5/01/03] in the area of Baghdad controlled by the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division.	Captured 5/01/03 In Custody 7/09/03
	Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF	Vice President and RCC Member	Captured 5/02/03
	Tariq Mikhail AZIZ	Deputy Prime Minister	In Custody 4/24/03
	Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti	Governor of Basrah Governate	In Custody 4/29/03
	Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi	Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min.	Captured 4/19/03
	Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai	Minister of Defense	In Custody 9/19/03
	Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad	Minister of the Interior, He was previously reported CAPTURED on July 9th by Centcom	Captured 7/09/03 In Custody 8/09/03
	Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi	Al Quds Force Chief of Staff	Captured 6/05/03
	Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib	DMI Director	Captured 4/23/03
	Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi	Presidential Scientific Adviser/NMD Dir Gen [chemical and biological programs]	In Custody 4/12/03
	Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi	Former Oil Minister [aka "Missle Man" married to "Dr. Germ"]	In Custody 4/28/03
	Husam Muhammad AMIN al-Yasin	National Monitoring Director	Captured 4/27/03
	Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih	Minister of Trade	Captured 4/23/03
	Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Maternal Half Brother	At large **
	Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother	Captured 4/13/03
	Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother	Captured 4/16/03
	Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash	Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman	In Custody 5/05/03
	Abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim Abdallah al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Baghdad	At large
	Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov	At large
	Samir abd al-Aziz al-Najim	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Diyal Gov.	Captured 4/17/03
	Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur	Min of Higher Education & Scientific Research	Captured 4/20/03
	Yahya Abdallah al-Ubaydi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Basrah Gov.	At large
	Sa'd Abd al-Majid al-Faysal	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Salah ad Din Gov.	Captured 5/27/03
	Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Muthanna Gov.	Captured 5/27/03
	Fadil Mahmud Gharib (aka: Gharib Muhammad Fazel) al-Mashaikh	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Babil/Karbala Gov.	Captured 5/13/03
	Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Qadasiyah Gov.	At large
	Rashid Taan Kazim	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Anbar Governate	At large
	Ugla Abid Saqr al-Kubaysi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Maysan Governate	In Custody 5/20/03
	Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Wasit Gov.	In Custody 5/07/03
	Adil Abdallah Mahdi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Dhi Qar Governate	Captured 5/15/03
	Nayif Shindakh Thamir	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Governate	At large(?)An Iraqi TV report said he was KILLED in the battle for Najaf
	Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate NOT WIDELY REPORTED, but per FoxNews: "Senior defense officials said Monday morning that No. 54 of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis has been taken into custody -- Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad, a Baath Party chairman and commander of the Baath militia in the Karbala Governate. Muhammad was captured in raids over the weekend, along with another on the wider list of 200." (CENTCOM has not yet updated their website with this capture.)	Captured 8/04/03
	Husayn Al Awadi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate	Captured 6/10/03
- - - Freeper Additions - - -
	Farouk Hijazi	#3 in Mukhabarat Iraqi intelligence ["biggest fish so far" -CIA]	Captured 4/25/03
	["unnamed associate of"] Abu Musab Zarqawi	a leading Al Qaeda operative	Captured 4/29/03
	Abu Abbas	Convicted Terrorist/Murderer - Leader Palestine Liberation Front	Captured 4/15/03
	Ahmed Walid Raguib al-Baz	Terrorist - 1st Lieutenant Palestine Liberation Front	Killed 3/20/03
	Khala Khadr Al-Salahat	Member of the Abul Nidal terrorist organization	In Custody 4/18/03
	Abdul Rahman Yasin	Indicted fugitive from 1993 WTC bombing, $25 Million reward	At large
	Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani	former Iraq Consul, met with Mohammed Atta in Prague shortly before 9/11	Captured 7/02/03
	Ahmad Hikmat Shakir	an Iraqi national and al-Qaeda operative, with connections to the 1993 WTC bombing, a Jan 2000 al Qaeda summit in Malaysia, the Oct 2000 USS Cole bombing, and the 9/11 mass murder. (Newsweek) Shakir fled back to Baghdad just before the war.	At large
	Ali Hussein Habib	Iraqi airforce general	Killed by the regime ~3/20/03
	Khaled Abdallah	a senior official of Saddam's Mukhabarat secret police	In Custody 4/20/03
	Major Khalid Hmood	Head of Iraqi intelligence during the war and one of Saddam's top bodyguards,	In Custody 4/20/03
	Salim Sa'id Khalaf al-Jumayli	former Chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service American Desk	Captured 4/23/03
	"Son of Ham" [apple falls close to the tree]	Son of Hamza (Q-of-Spades - one of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals)	Captured 4/21/03
	Luay Khayrallaha [Saddam's brother-in-law]	#152 on the top 200 most-wanted list. Iraqi intelligence and security leader	Captured 5/19/03
	Mulhana Hamood Abdul Jabar [Saddam's brother-in-law]	caught with $300,000, three AK-47 rifles, and a rocket-propelled grenade	Captured 5/25/03
	Jaffar al-Jaffer	physicist & father of Iraq's nuclear WMD program	In Custody 4/13/03
	Imad Husayn Abdallah al-Ani	former VX nerve agent developer	In Custody 4/18/03
	Rihab Taha [aka "Dr. Germ"]	architect of Iraq's bio WMD program	In Custody 5/12/03
	Mohammed Saeed Kazim al-Sahaf [aka: "Comical Ali"] [aka: "Baghdad Bob"]	Minister of Information [wanted for DNC spokesperson]	Captured 6/25/03 [reportedly questioned by U.S. forces and released] On Administrative Leave
	**  Nine fugitives supposedly hiding in Syria? This seems to have been a smokescreen as FOUR have since been caught in or near Baghdad.           Note2: Also, Al-Rawi (J-of-clubs) was reported by an Islamic newspaper as murdered                 by Saddam and Qusay on 4/08/03... one day after the bombing of Saddam at the restaurant. If someone else updates this list, please bump the revision at the top and ping FL_Engineer You can click here to see if there is a pointer to a newer revision.

   

[Grampa Dave]

That sounds like a great way to celebrate this good Sunday:

Sittin here Freepin: I have the "Hallelujah" Chorus of Handel's Messiah on repeat. Great morning. Praise God. God blesses America!

[bert]

....These will form the basis of an upcoming lawsuit against the U.S. for 'military brutality'.....

The ACLU and Amnesty International will provide the funding and the lawyers.

The NAACP will claim that there are not enough black lawyers on the team.

[freekitty]

That stupid CNN reporter that says she cannot get a consensous regarding whether there will be more fighting, attacks, etc.

Well, duh, lady they just don't know.

[Grampa Dave]

You must have really enjoyed this last addition to your update!:)

[freekitty]

That stupid CNN reporter that says she cannot get a consensous regarding whether there will be more fighting, attacks, etc.

Well, duh, lady they just don't know.

[alisasny]

There will be more fighting, there will be more attacks with continued US soldiers killed, this war may last 25 years or more.

Both will be minimul in comparison to other conflicts but both will continue.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

All ruthless dictators are eventually found underground.

You mean like the Rat Underground (DU)?

[Salvation]

Ping!

Rejoice!

[cloud8]

I woke up to the good news on the radio this morning at 7:30 ET and just wanted to join the chorus...

God bless America!
God bless our troops!
God bless President Bush!

[freekitty]

Those other stupid reporters at CNN are saying that the people in Iraq are asking about where their power and such is.

Geez, I'll bet the people in California and Detroit are asking the same questions.

[Future Useless Eater]

- SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED!
UPDATED here - Iraq's 55 13 Most Wanted Scoreboard

[witnesstothefall]

Even the Communist Party members in Iraq are dancing in the streets.

Shows just how far gone the commies we have here are, they can't even give it up for the capture of a human monster like Sadaam.

[Madame Dufarge]

Yep, he was cowering in a spidey hole trying to hide his root in the dirt.

I have this recurring image:

[Mo1]

It this the right thread and what's up?

[DaughterofEve]

I think it took Drudge so long because it took him all that time to come up with that fantastic headline!

[SandyInSeattle]

Thanks for the ping, Howlin! My husband just startled me out a sound sleep to tell me. Woo hoo! What a great Christmas present!!!

[headsonpikes]

They're going to have to surgically remove the grin I got!

I know what you mean! I whooped out loud when I heard the CBC news 55 minutes ago.

What a wonderful wake-up call this morning!

Gloating is good. ;^)

[TomGuy]

Farmhouse where the rat hole held the rat

[MEG33]

We had to share this together!WOO HOO!!!

[luckystarmom]

My daughter is sick. I woke up to give her some motrin. Couldn't get back to sleep so I turned on the news. I watched for a little bit, and then woke up my hubby.

It was 3 am here on the Left Coast.

[ChadGore]

Then we have this from http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/358016.cms

---

From palace to spider-hole

[ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2003 07:31:02 PM ]

BAGHDAD : Saddam Hussein's capture ends a US hunt for the man who ruled the oil state with an iron fist and launched two regional wars before being ousted by US-led forces in April.

US forces found Saddam, dirty and sporting a greying beard and hiding in a cellar on Saturday near his hometown of Tikrit.

Until then he had been as elusive as al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

war with a March 20 air raid intended to kill Saddam, 66, and decapitate the Baathist state he had forged in blood, iron and oil money.

 

But he escaped and disappeared from public view after US forces stormed into Baghdad on April 9. From hiding, he kept up a flow of defiant taped messages, aired by Arab media, urging Iraqis to fight US-led occupation forces.

 

One passionate Saddam message surfaced after his sons Uday and Qusay were killed by US forces on July 22.

 

The United States justified its war by saying Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and had defied UN Security Council resolutions ordering him to disarm after his defeat in the 1991 Gulf war.

 

Washington said he sponsored global terrorism. Troops occupying Iraq have yet to prove those charges, but many of the brutalities of his rule have been exposed, such as mass graves holding thousands of his murdered foes, especially rebellious Kurds and Shi'ite Muslims.

 

After using his skills as a street fighter and conspirator to get his Baath party into power in a 1968 coup, Saddam built a terrifying grip on Iraq despite wars, uprisings, coup plots and assassination attempts.

[deport]

CONGRATULATIONS TO SPECIAL FORCES UNIT 121

GOOD JOB...... WELL DONE

[xsmommy]

my hub and 3 kids and i all started cheering and clapping as soon as i logged on FR and saw it, we then turned the tv on. what a great morning this has been!

[Maigrey]

I'm impressed with the restraint of the members of the task force, by not capping him. Talk about following orders.

[kayak]

The best ping ever!

Thanks so much for maintaing this list!

[Grampa Dave]

Actually, I hope that our guys used dogs to sniff him out and find him. Apparently he hated dogs! That would be so fitting if a couple of dogs found him.

[doodad]

Tikrit needs to be flattened for hiding and spawning this refuse. That house in particular should become target practice for a large bomb.

[rintense]

I let out a holler when I heard Bremer say, 'We got him!'

[Grampa Dave]

Since you seem to celebrate good news with dancing:

[MEG33]

I like your thinking!Checking his head for lice was a great picture.