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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: Bob
Yep, it must have a bug in it. ;-)
Conrad
721
posted on
12/14/2003 6:58:56 AM PST
by
C-Note
This translator that they've got on Fox right now is terrible.
722
posted on
12/14/2003 6:58:56 AM PST
by
Bob
To: TigersEye
U.S. forces capture Saddam Hussein at remote farmhouse near Tikrit, Iraq
DoD ^ | Dec. 14, 2003
SADDAM CAPTURED Troops from the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein without incident Dec. 13. Saddam was found hiding in a storehouse at a remote farmhouse near Tikrit, Iraq. |
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U.S. forces capture Saddam Hussein at remote farmhouse near Tikrit, Iraq |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2003 -- We got him. U.S. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer II announced in Baghdad, Iraq, at about 7 a.m. this morning. Saddam Hussein was captured Saturday, Dec. 13, at about 8:30 p.m. local time, in a cellar in the town of Adwar, which is about 15 kilometers south of Tikrit.
This is a great day in Iraqs history, Bremer said to the Iraqi people. For decades, hundreds of thousands of you suffered at the hands of this cruel man. For decades Saddam Hussein divided you citizens against each other. For decades he threatened and attacked your neighbors. Those days are over forever.
Now it is time to look to the future to your future of hope, to a future of reconciliation. Iraqs future, your future, has never been more full of hope. |
"The tyrant is a prisoner. The economy is moving forward. You have before the prospect of a sovereign government in a few months. With the arrest of Saddam Hussein, there is a new opportunity for the members of the former regime, whether military or civilian to end their bitter opposition. Let them now come forward in a spirit of reconciliation and hope, lay down their arms and join you, their fellow citizens, in the task of building the new Iraq.
Now is the time for all Iraqis, Arabs and Kurds, Sunnis and Shia, Christian and Turkimen, to build a prosperous, democratic Iraq at peace with itself and with its neighbors.
Related American Forces Press Article: Sanchez credits Iraqi cooperation with making precise coalition strikes possible |
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"He was living with rats, actually." ~ Iraqi Governing Council member, re. Saddam's
home.
723
posted on
12/14/2003 6:59:24 AM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: Bubba_Leroy
howard dean just became irrelevant before the civilized world.
724
posted on
12/14/2003 7:01:30 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Bubba_Leroy
Dang! Guys. We come all this way to visit. Where's our host?
Saddam, Saddam, come out, come out, wherever you are!
Dang, where's that boy hidin'?
</center
725
posted on
12/14/2003 7:02:26 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: All; TigersEye; MEG33; Ragtime Cowgirl; JustPiper; freeperfromnj; flutters; Dog; Sabertooth; ...
Daleel's message about the Saddam capture, the Al Qaeda Propagandist from that Yahoo Group we monitor:
alaah akbaar
we have recived credible news that Sadaam Hussain has been captuerd
early morning today in tikrit.
we thank god for his arrest so that the mojahideen will show that they
are the ones leading the war not some dictator who has nothing to do
with Islam and muslims.
alaah akbaar
daleel_almojahid
To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
daleel_almojahid-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com After the capture of the dictator Saddam Hussain Al-Qaida will now
show the americans who is behind all the attacks.
Saddam was a ba'th, killed alot of his people and alot of muslims and
this is what God was planing for him and this is the end of every
killer and dictator.
the message we send to the americans and to bush and blair, dont be
very happy, we promise you that bouth of you will cry tears very soon
and then just then you will know who Al-Qaida really is!!.
alaah akbaar
daleel_almojahid
Al-Qaida
726
posted on
12/14/2003 7:03:14 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: TheRedSoxWinThePennant
see 724.
727
posted on
12/14/2003 7:03:22 AM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: All
I am so proud of our soldiers. God bless them!!!!
The kind of compassion they showed a man like saddam is just so American!
728
posted on
12/14/2003 7:03:27 AM PST
by
B-Bear
(If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under)
To: MissAmericanPie
Wonder how long it's going to take Dean, Europe, and Dan Rather, to spin this into a disasterous failure?Give them time, M.A.P.
I'm sure there's much gnashing of teeth now among the whole motley bunch.
Still, I wouldn't be surprised to hear some begrudging, yet sneering praise from H. Dean today.
729
posted on
12/14/2003 7:04:35 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Iraqi blogger to President Bush: "The bones in the mass graves salute you, Avenger of the Bones.")
To: autoresponder; MeeknMing
You guys are always GOOD!
730
posted on
12/14/2003 7:04:42 AM PST
by
onyx
(Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
To: Calpernia
A real keyboard warrior at work.We'll have trouble with the radical Islamists no matter what!
731
posted on
12/14/2003 7:07:19 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I know ...
As soon as I got up and heard it, I headed to the computer to join you guys.
How sweet it is.
732
posted on
12/14/2003 7:07:41 AM PST
by
altura
To: All
Anybody know when we'll be hearing from our president?
733
posted on
12/14/2003 7:07:46 AM PST
by
B-Bear
(If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under)
To: Bubba_Leroy
Hooray!
Now what will the dims say?
LOL!
734
posted on
12/14/2003 7:08:18 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Bubba_Leroy
I can just see Rather, Dean, the Wanna Be's, Chirac, popping asprin and pumping up the old courage in their bathroom mirrors attempting to convince themselves that the public will buy it, the public is stupid, as they practice keeping a straight face while spinning the most unbelievable lie of their sorry lives.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Head of Iraq's Constitutional Monarchy Movement al-Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein said Saddam was hiding "like a rat".
"The US soldiers dragged him from under vegetables," he said.
"He did not resist. He was hiding like a rat under vegetables."
736
posted on
12/14/2003 7:08:50 AM PST
by
Ex-Dem
("Sic Semper Tyrannis" - "Thus Ever to Tyrants" (12-14-03, Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti captured))
To: B-Bear
I heard it was supposed to be around noon. I could be wrong though.
737
posted on
12/14/2003 7:09:15 AM PST
by
Ex-Dem
("Sic Semper Tyrannis" - "Thus Ever to Tyrants" (12-14-03, Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti captured))
To: B-Bear
Anybody know when we'll be hearing from our president?
Around noon, Eastern, 11 Central time.
738
posted on
12/14/2003 7:09:15 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: B-Bear
There was rat excrement in the hole where he was lying.
Honestly, I think I'd have a bit of compassion.
Not much, but some! Till I remembered him having women raped in front of their children as torture.
The rubber-gloved louse check was probably the best video I've ever seen anywhere.
739
posted on
12/14/2003 7:10:19 AM PST
by
ChemistCat
(THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION: ONE LONG ELECTION-EVE STUNT.)
To: TomGuy
So much for those 'he's in Syria, no wait, he's in the Ukraine, no no wait, we really think he's in Russia, somewhere' stories from Debka...
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