Special Forces Capture Saddam's Half-Brother

Fox News ^ | 4/17/2003

[TimPatriot]

more to follow...

[TimPatriot]

Just saw this on FoxNews.com and heard on Fox & Friends, announced by Gen. Brooks in press conference

[TimPatriot]

U.S. special forces Thursday captured a half brother of Saddam Hussein who, according to one American commander, has "extensive knowledge" of the toppled regime's inner workings.

Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, in a briefing at U.S. Central Command, said Barzan Ibrahim Hasan, a top adviser to Saddam, was captured alone in Baghdad. No casualties were sustained by the special forces or the U.S. Marines who provided support. Brooks declined to give details about the capture, but said it resulted from a tip provided by an Iraqi. The U.S.-led coalition is "relentlessly pursuing the scattered members of a fractured regime," Brooks said.

[The G Man]

"... and another one gone,
and another one gone,
another one bites the dust,
hey, we're gonna get you too,
another one bites the dust."

[dawn53]

Link to thread with AP story:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894980/posts

[Future Snake Eater]

I thought they caught this guy a while ago. Is this yet another half-brother?

[Illbay]

Another day, another half-brother.

[Future Snake Eater]

Heh heh, we should have enough parts to make a full brother by now, don't you think?

[11th Earl of Mar]

Keep in mind that Osama bin Laden had I think 18 wives and sixty children. That would make a lot of half-brothers and sisters.

It would not surprise me if Saddam had sixty half-brothers. Must be somethiing about the culture.

[randita]

Loftus said we have intercepted numerous cellular and sat phone conversations from within Iraq by frantic regime leaders seeking a way out of the country. We continue to monitor this communication and it leads us right to the people we want to capture. They are sitting ducks.

[Bluntpoint]

They said he tasted kinda like chicken.

These special forces are some tough guys!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I heard he was wearing a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader outfit at the time. It has been reported that there was a huge surge in Cowboy Cheerleader Outfit sales on the web to the middle east. This has caused a little bit of a stir in the national security area. The warning read something like this. "Code Blue 3 A: Beware of middle eastern men in cheerleader outfits, especially Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Warn all citizens to be vigilant of Cowboy Cheerleaders with bushy mustaches, hairy legs, exposed beer belly midrifts, wearing sandals. Cheerleaders do not drive delivery trucks or operate heavy machinery. Any suspicious cheerleader activity should be reported to local authorities." It gave me a shiver. This could be hugh, seriesly!

[reagan_fanatic]

Now, if we could just find half a Saddam...

[Future Snake Eater]

Yeah, does this mean Saddam gives the guy a promotion?

Inspector Clousseau: "Not anymore!"

[rewrite]

Which half?