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US Confirms - Saddam captured in a basement!
ABC News

Posted on 12/14/2003 3:06:40 AM PST by Gigantor

Special report coming at :08 after hour - US confirms


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: aceofspades; ageofliberty; decapitation; greatnews; gulfwar2; gulfwarii; iraq; iraqaftermath; official; saddam; saddamcaptured; saddamhussein; topplesaddam; viceisclosed; viceisclosing
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To: Fresh Wind
DUers don't know squat....said Bush went into Baghdad AFTER hillary went.
41 posted on 12/14/2003 4:54:10 AM PST by Carolinamom
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To: MeeknMing
CAUGHT AT LAST, CAUGHT AT LAST. THANK GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE U.S. ARMY, SADDAM IS CAUGHT AT LAST!

42 posted on 12/14/2003 4:55:37 AM PST by elbucko
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To: elbucko
CAUGHT AT LAST, CAUGHT AT LAST. THANK GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE U.S. ARMY, SADDAM IS CAUGHT AT LAST!

Details here:

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Without a single shot being fired, U.S. military forces captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as he hid in the bottom of a hole in a home near Tikrit, officials announced at a Baghdad press conference.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, announced.

Officials showed a videotape of the former Iraqi dictator and most-wanted figure by the U.S.-led coalition as he was being inspected following his capture. He had a long black-and-grey beard and unkempt hair.

About 600 U.S. troops took part in Operation Red Dawn, said Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top American general in Iraq. Two other Iraqis were captured along with Saddam, who was found with $750,000 in U.S. currency, Sanchez said.

Sanchez said he had no idea how long Saddam had been at the Tikrit location and could not say if anyone had stepped forward to claim the multi-million dollar reward for his capture.

"Today is a great day for Iraq and the Iraqi people," Sanchez said.

Saddam is talkative and is being cooperative, Sanchez said. He is being held at an undisclosed location.

A delegation of the Iraqi Governing Council hopes to visit Saddam in captivity later Sunday, a spokesman for the council said.

"With the arrest of Saddam, the source financing terrorists has been destroyed and terrorist attacks will come to an end. Now we can establish a durable stability and security in Iraq," said council member Jalal Talabani.

In Baghdad, residents fired small arms in the air in celebration, and gunfire echoed in neighborhoods across the city. Earlier in the day, rumors of the capture sent people streaming into the streets of Kirkuk, a northern Iraqi city, firing guns in the air in celebration.

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

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

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

43 posted on 12/14/2003 5:00:42 AM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: Gigantor
YES!! This is the best holiday present I could have asked for. Saddam Insane, kiss your sorry ass goodbye!
44 posted on 12/14/2003 5:29:34 AM PST by Tabi Katz
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To: Gigantor
What great news to wake up to this morning!
45 posted on 12/14/2003 5:35:27 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Yeah! A great early Christmas present!
46 posted on 12/14/2003 5:37:20 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Taglineus Interruptus)
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To: archy
Cheers!
47 posted on 12/14/2003 5:42:13 AM PST by elbucko
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To: ErnBatavia
Yeah! A great early Christmas present!

Yup! Sure works for me.

48 posted on 12/14/2003 5:44:07 AM PST by elbucko
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To: Gigantor
This is wonderful news!


What a way to wake up!!!!!!!!!!
49 posted on 12/14/2003 5:56:50 AM PST by ThinkingMan
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To: elbucko
Amen ! I am STILL beside myself with this news this morning ! Yay ! ...


50 posted on 12/14/2003 5:58:56 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Hillary is a TRAITOR !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/HitlerTraitor6.JPG)
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To: MeeknMing
I almost fell out of my chair when I saw it on a posting elsewhere and had to rush over here. What great news!!!!
51 posted on 12/14/2003 6:11:13 AM PST by TxBec (Tag! You're it!)
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To: Gigantor
Go W !!


52 posted on 12/14/2003 6:11:43 AM PST by hripka (There are a lot of smart people out there in FReeperLand)
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To: Gigantor
Drudge most have slept in, nothing on his site.....
53 posted on 12/14/2003 6:13:03 AM PST by thinking
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To: MeeknMing
Yahooo!

I asked a couple of people down at the convenience store this AM how they felt about the news--- They were very, very happy about it.

Only a few dims and some talking heads seem a bit upset.

54 posted on 12/14/2003 6:37:38 AM PST by San Jacinto
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To: Gigantor
Get the material shreader ready.
55 posted on 12/14/2003 6:39:44 AM PST by U S Army EOD (When the EOD technician screws up, he is always the first to notice.)
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To: San Jacinto
I asked a couple of people down at the convenience store this AM
how they felt about the news--- They were very, very happy about it.

Hang on folks ! We have some breaking news from CBS !!!!!


The capture of Saddam Hussein is a Bush Lie.
Saddam is safe and warm in Ted Kennedy's
bungalow in Massachussetts !!

56 posted on 12/14/2003 6:52:50 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Hillary is a TRAITOR !!: http://Richard.Meek.home.comcast.net/HitlerTraitor6.JPG)
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To: Grampa Dave
This is bad news for France. Saddam may talk.
57 posted on 12/14/2003 7:02:37 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Fresh Wind
One typically busy DU thread (one post, one reply) is now crediting H*****y with the capture of Saddam.

LOL!

58 posted on 12/14/2003 7:04:09 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Aquinasfan
Yep, it is bad news for France, Germany, Putin and the rats in power in the US. Their buddy $oddomite could spill the beans about payments to them to divert America's wrath from frying his butt.
59 posted on 12/14/2003 7:05:24 AM PST by Grampa Dave (George $orea$$ has owned and controlled the Rats for decades!)
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To: Gigantor
Hooray!

Now what will the dims say?

LOL!
60 posted on 12/14/2003 7:06:36 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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