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82 AD CAPTURES FORMER SADDAM HUSSEIN BODYGUARD
CENTCOM ^ | Nov. 26, 2003

Posted on 11/26/2003 9:23:50 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl

CENTCOM
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

November 26, 2003
Release Number: 03-11-47


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.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: captured; iraq
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1 posted on 11/26/2003 9:23:50 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Getting closer....
2 posted on 11/26/2003 9:24:37 AM PST by ken5050
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Man I hope they get the big one soon.
3 posted on 11/26/2003 9:26:48 AM PST by SeeRushToldU_So (Libs want to take my money, my guns, and my land....then sodimize me.)
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To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
Raid ~ suspected troublemakers in Ar Ramadi.

Brig. Gen. Khalid Arak Hatimy, a former bodyguard of Saddam Hussein, was one of the men captured.

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Task Force "All American," ping!

4 posted on 11/26/2003 9:27:20 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("The world needs to pull itself together." ~ Conde Rice)
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To: ken5050
Hopefully they can get him to talk and hopefully he knows where Saddam is, if he still "is".
5 posted on 11/26/2003 9:28:32 AM PST by labowski ("The Dude Abideth")
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Do you ever wonder what happened to his doubles..I'm surprised that one or more hasn't turned up yet...
6 posted on 11/26/2003 9:28:44 AM PST by ken5050
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Please Lord let him give up the location of Saddam. Amen.
7 posted on 11/26/2003 9:31:55 AM PST by Quilla
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To: Quilla
One by one, they fall.
8 posted on 11/26/2003 9:41:53 AM PST by Callahan
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good news!
9 posted on 11/26/2003 9:45:13 AM PST by NEWwoman
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Good news bump!
10 posted on 11/26/2003 9:45:26 AM PST by talleyman (E=mc2 (before taxes))
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1-16 IN
11 posted on 11/26/2003 9:45:38 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Old soldiers never die. They just go to the commissary parking lot and regroup.)
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To: Callahan
We must be getting damn good intelligence for this to go on. It sounds like they captured this guy without him or his buddies even putting up a fight.
12 posted on 11/26/2003 9:46:23 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
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82 AD CAPTURES FORMER SADDAM HUSSEIN BODYGUARD ~ Bump!
13 posted on 11/26/2003 9:48:23 AM PST by blackie
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To: labowski
If you factor out "unnamed CIA sources", what reason does anyone have to believe that Saddam, or Osama for that matter, is alive? Occams razor still says they are dirt tenants until proven otherwise.
14 posted on 11/26/2003 9:49:21 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: ken5050
I think if i had been one of his doubles that i'd cut off my hair, shave my mustache, lose some weight, etc. I certainly wouldn't want to be mistaken for him by either other Iraqis or by Americans (of course the real Saddam probably did those things too).
15 posted on 11/26/2003 9:49:57 AM PST by Humbug (i haven't the foggiest idea what to type here)
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To: ken5050
Do you ever wonder what happened to his doubles..I'm surprised that one or more hasn't turned up yet...

My guess? They knew far too much, and were therefore all treated to a bullet in the head, shredded, and scattered.

16 posted on 11/26/2003 9:51:51 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Humbug
I personally believe he has already lost a lot of weight - about 98% of it all at once last March. His top tikiriti general who would like to control sunniland has a keen interest in keeping him alive in the media. No pictures, not even fake footage. Letters? C'mon. Audio? Gimme a weekend with GoldWave(tm) and I'll have a tape of Bill Clinton stumping for the Contract with America. He's dead, Jim.
17 posted on 11/26/2003 9:53:42 AM PST by epluribus_2
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To: labowski
Hopefully they can get him to talk and hopefully he knows where Saddam is, if he still "is".

Not with Saddam Hussein's lawyers attached to our military ...

18 posted on 11/26/2003 9:54:23 AM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: epluribus_2
If you factor out "unnamed CIA sources", what reason does anyone have to believe that Saddam, or Osama for that matter, is alive? Occams razor still says they are dirt tenants until proven otherwise

I concur.

19 posted on 11/26/2003 9:58:25 AM PST by Digger
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To: labowski
"Hopefully they can get him to talk and hopefully he knows where Saddam is, if he still "is".

Paging LtCol West.

20 posted on 11/26/2003 10:00:46 AM PST by semaj ("....by their fruit you will know them.")
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