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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: skinkinthegrass
ABCNNBCBS are really going to be Pissed, 'fer sure...all the stories about VP Cheny...up in smoke------haaaa!!!!!
121 posted on 12/14/2003 2:56:10 AM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
We need a little jack ruby justice IMHO.
122 posted on 12/14/2003 2:56:12 AM PST by eastforker (Money is the key to justice,just ask any lawyer.)
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To: thesummerwind; radiohead
I can't wait for the press conference at 7:00AM EST!!
123 posted on 12/14/2003 2:56:19 AM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
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To: Free_at_last_-2001
Thank God for President Bush!
124 posted on 12/14/2003 2:56:29 AM PST by Jim Robinson (All your ZOT are belong to us.)
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To: thesummerwind
Tom Dash-hole is concerned!

Once this is confirmed he'll be 'saddened.'

125 posted on 12/14/2003 2:56:34 AM PST by DaBroasta (Donations to the DNC help fund terrorism)
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126 posted on 12/14/2003 2:56:57 AM PST by KneelBeforeZod (If God hadn't meant for them to be sheared, he wouldn't have made them sheep.)
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To: Happy2BMe
I am also very happy that [if] he was captured not killed.

Dead men tell no tales, and all that...

127 posted on 12/14/2003 2:57:01 AM PST by Wormwood ("Howard Dean is proof that God endorses the Bush presidency" - Dick Morris)
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To: Happy2BMe
Saddam (for right now at least) is as safe as a baby in it's mother's arms.

We need Saddam very, very alive. He has much to tell us.

Absolutely. My comment was related as to why the Iraqis would kill him now when they wouldn't before.

128 posted on 12/14/2003 2:57:51 AM PST by Bob
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Dan Rather on suicide watch... Teams of grief counsellors have been parachuted to the homes of Rather, Peter Arnett, and to CNN headquarters... ABC News surrenders to coalition forces.
129 posted on 12/14/2003 2:57:59 AM PST by T'wit
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To: eastforker
Works for me. Iraq doesn't have the same contitutional guarantees as we do here, so I have no problem advocating vigilantee justice in this instance...
130 posted on 12/14/2003 2:58:12 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (I don't hear voices. I AM the voices...)
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To: Happy2BMe
Let's get LTC WEST to question the bastard!.

Maybe we'll get some answers that way!
131 posted on 12/14/2003 2:58:15 AM PST by Drammach
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To: Jim Robinson
Thank God for President Bush! - Agreed!
132 posted on 12/14/2003 2:58:16 AM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: YaYa123
ABC was first I believe. Stephenopolis broke into my movie at 4 am central time.
133 posted on 12/14/2003 2:58:24 AM PST by Finalapproach29er ("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
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To: Free_at_last_-2001
It is all Bush's fault. He's a good president.
134 posted on 12/14/2003 2:59:08 AM PST by Jemian (Be sure you're right. Then, go ahead. ~ Davy Crockett)
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To: TexKat
MSNBC reports candy is being passed out in Tikrit.

That confirms it for me!

(either that or it's Halloween...)
135 posted on 12/14/2003 2:59:13 AM PST by rusty millet
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To: Zeppo
These reports must have hit her and much of the media extremely hard, we should show a little compassion for them (not!)..

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The Sunday Morning Talk Shows should be a blast. Bring back HILLARY for a curtain call!!! HA!

Btw, how many posts do you think this thread will be?

136 posted on 12/14/2003 2:59:49 AM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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To: Prime Choice
A quick review of DU to get the early DNC position (Know thy enemy). Some early exceprts:

-- Well, I might as well go back to bed now. This is all they'll be talking about on the Sunday news, and Bush will be praised all day. I'm happy for the Iraqis, if this is the truth. But even if he's captured, it's still far from over.

-- So if true, it was the Kurds that got him and told the world, not the US troops and the Pentagon media whores reporting. Hmm... but the US will claim the capture.

-- Would Saddam be so foolish as to take refuge in Tikrit? Have they already had him in custody for some time time and are just now announcing it for some political purpose? Why was he captured and not killed like his two sons? This is the beginning of the 2004 presidential race... could there be some political advantage to Bush at this time?

-- They still haven't found Bin-Laden so it would suprise me if they actually found Saddam.

-- Are they going to let him get to trial and let him tell his story and implicate some Bush adminstration people? Or, is there going to be some kind of accident?

-- He's got serious dirt on people. Seriously- don't bet on him making it to trial, IF they let the Hague get ahold of him in the first place (even though he CLEARLY should be there- the US has no jurisdiction over his war crimes). On edit: Man, that would be great if he could take down some of Bushco with him.

-- We've now apparently captured the problem we helped create.

-- Is there some anti-Bush angle to this that we've been missing?

-- Well, outside of the fact that nothing about Hussein's capture changes the ill will felt towards America for our unilateral action, all the dead Iraqi civilians, the dead American soldiers, the crumbling infrastructure and so on, and will likely do little to curb the violence in the country...then no, there's no anti-Bush angle to it.

-- CNN anchor says that while the capture of Saddam Hussein will likely play very well in the United States, it probably won't make a hill of beans to the Iraqis.

-- At least the buzz of this will have cooled-down by the time Nov 2 rolls around again.

-- Mixed blessing, I'm glad Saddam has been captured, but I don't think we'll ever hear the end of this from the repugs. I'm dreading the next few weeks.

Now I need another shower.









137 posted on 12/14/2003 3:00:23 AM PST by RobFromGa (Bring Us Your Talented Individuals, Your Visionaries Yearning to Be Free. Keep the Huddled Masses)
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To: All
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
138 posted on 12/14/2003 3:00:30 AM PST by Dallas59
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To: Chad Fairbanks
I have no problem advocating vigilantee justice in this instance...

After they send Col. West in to interrogate him...

139 posted on 12/14/2003 3:00:39 AM PST by lonevoice (Some things have to be believed to be seen)
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To: Dallas59
ROFL!!!! Tears every where.

Hillary slit her wrists, and is bleeding all over Patti Murray.

140 posted on 12/14/2003 3:01:11 AM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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