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SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED
SkyNews ^ | December 14, 2003 | Staff

Posted on 12/14/2003 2:16:57 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy

SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been captured in his home town of Tikrit, according to reports.

There has been no independent verification of the news but Sky New's Foreign Editor Tim Marshall says the source of the news is usually reliable.

The US Defence Department says it has had no confirmation of the claims, which come from Iraqi Kurd leader Jalal Talabani, says the Iran news agency IRNA.

Hundreds of exultant people have taken to the streets of Kirkuk, firing weapons into the air in celebration.

A press conference has been announced for 12pm GMT.

In Baghdad, a spokeswoman for the US-led operation notified reporters that a "very important" announcement will be made at the press conference.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aceofspades; ageofliberty; decapitation; husseincaptured; jalaltalabani; pl; saddam; viceisclosed; viceisclosing
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To: mewzilla
Paul Bremmer - "Ladies and Gentleman, We Got 'em!" (Explosive applause)
381 posted on 12/14/2003 4:13:38 AM PST by StriperSniper (The "mainstream" media is a left bank oxbow lake.)
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To: thesummerwind

WE GOT 'IM!"

L. Paul Bremmer, opening press conference.

Even the press breaks out in cheers!

382 posted on 12/14/2003 4:13:57 AM PST by Timeout
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To: Bob
Physical Chemistry
383 posted on 12/14/2003 4:14:02 AM PST by KC Burke
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To: Bubba_Leroy
ABC's Terry Moron Moran reporting that GWB was told yesterday afternoon of the capture.

Bremer: We got'em!




384 posted on 12/14/2003 4:14:07 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: kristinn
Dan Rather praising U.S. military and intelligence. Saying they deserve the credit for Saddam's capture. Says they've been unrelentingly seeking Saddam with with midight searches and raids.

Boy, that must have hurt.

385 posted on 12/14/2003 4:14:57 AM PST by CasearianDaoist
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To: jocon307
What are we going to do with him??
386 posted on 12/14/2003 4:15:24 AM PST by The Raven (<==Click here for more.....)
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To: StriperSniper
MSNBC's got a translator.
387 posted on 12/14/2003 4:15:56 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: KC Burke
Thanks. I don't recall that one. Maybe we knew it by a different name. (Of course, I never got as far as Alchemy 101. I managed to flunk out before that one.)
388 posted on 12/14/2003 4:15:57 AM PST by Bob
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Bremer: Ladies and gentlemen we got him.
389 posted on 12/14/2003 4:16:13 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Next!!!


390 posted on 12/14/2003 4:16:17 AM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: Lazamataz
Katie: Hundreds of innocent Iraqi children were indirectly killed and injured by George Bush's actions, when people fired guns in the air to celebrate something or other late Saturday night. Some say this is a reason guns should be banned in America.

You're killing me! What a day, eh Laz?

391 posted on 12/14/2003 4:17:05 AM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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To: thesummerwind
'You can hide out for awhile' W said with a smile. 'But, you can't outrun the long arm of the law.'
392 posted on 12/14/2003 4:17:20 AM PST by Sapper26
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Great day for the Iraqi people and the Coalition:



Operation Red Dawn.
393 posted on 12/14/2003 4:17:39 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: mewzilla
My God...look at this...DU reaction.
If anything proves that they HATE America and Bush above all else, this is it. They think the press cheering Saddam's capture shows a lack of 'objectivity'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=902960
394 posted on 12/14/2003 4:17:50 AM PST by Capitalism2003 (Got principles? http://www.LP.org)
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To: mewzilla
The 4ID got him, that's the best news we could have right now.
395 posted on 12/14/2003 4:18:08 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: null and void
A great day..We got him!
396 posted on 12/14/2003 4:19:00 AM PST by MEG33
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To: KC Burke
He's so right. They have spiked shoes, never bathe, and have dragged a huge boombox up there with them, and they're playing all the music you hate at full volume and not even hammering in time with it.

I have loved every other chemistry course I've ever taken, but this one has been pure misery despite an instructor who is very nice.
397 posted on 12/14/2003 4:19:40 AM PST by ChemistCat (THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION: ONE LONG ELECTION-EVE STUNT.)
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To: SBell
OMG, they found Saddam in a basement digging a hole trying to bury himself... --- the hole he was digging and in was out in the yard beside the building
398 posted on 12/14/2003 4:20:10 AM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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To: TomGuy
Team Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2
399 posted on 12/14/2003 4:20:27 AM PST by StriperSniper (The "mainstream" media is a left bank oxbow lake.)
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To: Capitalism2003
Democratic Underground... a funny place for all the wrong reasons!
400 posted on 12/14/2003 4:20:56 AM PST by goodolemr
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