Email: Saddam may have been captured [Has now been confirmed by DNA testing]

Unconfirmed source -

[leadpenny]

Shots in the air (celebration) in Baghdad. Aspell.

[Gracey]

The gunfire celebration is LOUD....probably by the Iraqi citizens. The soldiers are smoking cigars. What a great day... What a GREAT CHRISTMAS Present for our soldiers and the USA....and the WORLD

[Gracey]

on TV??

[mitch5501]

Not a word yet on any of the TV networks here in south Oz.

[leadpenny]

This is what FR does best.

For the record, Gigantor, I believe you were there first.

Bob Arnot is saying celebrations going on everywhere.

[HungarianGypsy]

How awesome! I read this just moments after reading in some yahoo friend's livejournal that President Bush is the worst president in history. This perks me up!
Called my husband to report this, since he's out roleplaying with his friends. The irony is in the game they are playing, Saddam Hussein gets executed in 2005 and turns to goo.

[Texas_Jarhead]

great job my friend

[Gracey]

Whooppee...... I just hope all his $$$$$ BILLIONS in the Swiss bank will be returned to the Iraqi people. Wouldn't that be GRAND???

Congratulations to the USA Military, and the Iraqi informants.

[Barnacle]

Alleluia!

(FOX interrupted with an ALERT 04:29 CDT. I thought to myself, “This had better be good.”)

[Texas_Jarhead]

DEBKA

[leadpenny]

NBC has gone with a LIVE bulletin with Lester Holtz. Local WRC in DC didn't even carry it.

[leadpenny]

Now, WRC is wired in.

[Pro-Bush]

So much for not being captured alive. ..he-he!

[F14 Pilot]

IRNA News Agency... Iran's News Source.
They have handed Saddam, soon we will hear about Bin Ladin's son.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/14/sprj.irq.main/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317429.stm

[stlnative]

FoxNews reports that several sources are confirming the capture of Saddam. Blood tests are on going to verify it is him!

[leadpenny]

Anything down under yet?

[leadpenny]

. . . and people wonder why I don't watch local news anymore. WRC just broke away for a commercial.

[stlnative]

Saddam Captured Alive, Iraq Official Says

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) has been captured alive in his hometown of Tikrit, a member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council said Sunday.

Council member Dara Noor al-Din told The Associated Press that the council was informed of the former dictator's capture in a telephone call from L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator for Iraq (news - web sites).

"Bremer has confirmed to the Governing Council that Saddam was captured in Tikrit," Noor al-Din said. "He spoke on the phone to several members, including Ahmad Chalabi."

Chalabi is a leading member of the council who has close links to the U.S. administration of President Bush (news - web sites).

Minutes earlier, Iran's official news agency, IRNA, also reported that Saddam had been detained in Iraq. "Saddam Hussein was arrested in his hometown of Tikrit," IRNA quoted top Iraqi leader, Jalal Talabani as saying. It gave no further details.

Nazem Dabbagh, a representative of Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdestan, confirmed Talabani's statement when reached by phone Sunday by an Associated Press reporter in Tehran.

In Iraq, rumors that Saddam was captured or killed near Tikrit sent hundreds of exultant people into the streets of this northern Iraqi city Sunday. They fired in the air in celebration and congratulated each other.

A spokeswoman for the U.S.-led occupation in Baghdad notified reporters that a "very important" announcement will be made at a news conference scheduled for 7 a.m. EST, but did not say who would be the speaker. The spokeswoman requested anonymity.

In Tikrit, rumors that the former dictator was in custody were making the rounds, but reporters attached to the 4th Infantry Division, the U.S. unit in charge of security in the area, said there was no unusual activity there overnight or early Sunday.

"We are celebrating like it's a wedding," said Mustapha Sheriff, a resident of Kirkuk. "We are finally rid of that criminal."

"This is the joy of a lifetime," said Ali Al-Bashiri, another Kirkuk resident. "I am speaking on behalf of all the people that suffered under his rule."

Saddam, who ruled Iraq for 23 years until his ouster in April, has been a fugitive since then with a $25 million bounty on his head.

Rumors about Saddam's capture or death periodically surface, and a hotline set up by the occupation authorities for tips on his whereabouts is flooded with callers.

[Az Joe]

What's Oz?

[Texas_Jarhead]

Rita Cosby (FNC) says raid took place about 12 hours ago