US Confirms - Saddam captured in a basement!

ABC News

[Gigantor]

Special report coming at :08 after hour - US confirms

[Carolinamom]

DUers don't know squat....said Bush went into Baghdad AFTER hillary went.

[elbucko]

CAUGHT AT LAST, CAUGHT AT LAST. THANK GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE U.S. ARMY, SADDAM IS CAUGHT AT LAST!

[archy]

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.

[Tabi Katz]

YES!! This is the best holiday present I could have asked for. Saddam Insane, kiss your sorry ass goodbye!

[sheikdetailfeather]

What great news to wake up to this morning!

[ErnBatavia]

Yeah! A great early Christmas present!

[elbucko]

Cheers!

[elbucko]

Yeah! A great early Christmas present!

Yup! Sure works for me.

[ThinkingMan]

This is wonderful news!


What a way to wake up!!!!!!!!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Amen ! I am STILL beside myself with this news this morning ! Yay ! ...

[TxBec]

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw it on a posting elsewhere and had to rush over here. What great news!!!!

[hripka]

Go W !!

[thinking]

Drudge most have slept in, nothing on his site.....

[San Jacinto]

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.

[U S Army EOD]

Get the material shreader ready.

[MeekOneGOP]

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 !!

[Aquinasfan]

This is bad news for France. Saddam may talk.

[Aquinasfan]

One typically busy DU thread (one post, one reply) is now crediting H*****y with the capture of Saddam.

LOL!

[Grampa Dave]

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.

[Salvation]

Hooray!

Now what will the dims say?

LOL!