SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED

SkyNews ^ | December 14, 2003 | Staff

[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.

[thesummerwind]

Found at the bottom of a hole.

[aristeides]

$750,000 in U.S. currency captured with Saddam.

[MEG33]

Hidin' in a hole..Spider hole..that's a new one for me..vented.The emotion level in that room is something else.

[ChemistCat]

I wish we could let the troops who found him keep the money!

[Dallas59]

They screaming at his picture...

[DaBroasta]

My God...look at this...DU reaction.

Is it true that they're playing the theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is Painless) on their website?

[aristeides]

Saddam in good health, no injuries.

[Timeout]

I haven't cried this hard since they took that statue down...

[Dallas59]

Sad...in a way..

[StriperSniper]

I'm waiting for the shoes to start hitting those nice plasma screens. ;-)

[TexKat]

OPERATION RED DAWN

WOLVERINE I & WOLVERINE II

HOW BOUT THOSE RAIDER BRIGADE (4th ID)

Saddam was in a spider hole 6 to 8 feet deep with air vent and a fan.

[TomGuy]

The cockroach's hole:








Riotious applause from Iraqis at the conference.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

BBC - now actually showing pictures of happy Iraqi people dancing in the street - truly a historic occasion!

[Dahoser]

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'

But when a journalist offers to give a President oral sex in return for supporting the murder of babies, that's journalism at its finest for the RATs.

[ChemistCat]

PICTURES! We got PICTURES!!!!

::does a little dance::

Oh, he looks like he WAS hiding in a dirt hole!

[Dallas59]

they have lost it...

[Diogenesis]

SADDAM TAKEN OUT
Three cheers for OPERATION "RED DAWN" and the heroes of the 4th ID.

[thesummerwind]

L.A. Times goon broad asks first question at press conference. What an a**!

[DaBroasta]

Oh, he looks like he WAS hiding in a dirt hole!

How ironic, a dirtbag in a dirthole!

[ChemistCat]

It's not much of a source pic but I know that won't slow you down much!