SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED

SkyNews ^ | December 14, 2003 | Staff

[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.

[Wolfstar]

Yep, and OBL is probably hiding in a similar stinking hole either in the nether reaches of the Afghan-Pakistani mountains, or in Iran.

[Grampa Dave]

Great News!

What a coward $oddomite is. He showed the world how brave he was by crawling in the hole and allowing himself to be captured alive.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Major Bob: "This is such an incredible occasion, right now."

"Words can not describe the amount of success that we've achieved in the last 24 hours."

The Iraqi people "really want to hold him accountable."

[Tamzee]

OH WOW!!!!

Just catching the news now...... YAHOO!!!

[alaskanfan]

The MESSNBC reporter said he was co-operating.

I wonder if the French and Germans are squirming. They will probably send someone to shut him up.

[greasepaint]

Give him to the Kurds.

[debg]

What a wonderful day! God bless our troops!

on a separate note...

"We apologize alJazeera.com news portal is currently off-line for testing and cannot be accessed at the moment."

waiting for the democrats talking points i see...

[Democratshavenobrains]

If DU wasn't belittling America, they wouldn't be DU. Go pound sand losers!! And to top it all off, the operation to get him was called Red Dawn, the Left's most hated movie of all time!! LOL

[onyx]

BEYOND AMAZING --- SORRY FOR THE CAPS! WAY TOO EXCITED.

PRAISE THE LORD, OUT BRAVE AND DETERMINED TROOPS AND OUR POTUS GWB.

[jocon307]

"I want to go out and bang on pots and honk my car horn and heck yes shoot up into the air. Am I the only one who wants to do that?"

No, I feel that way too! In fact I'm going to call my early bird friend right now!

It's after 8 am eastern, for sure she is awake now.

[Timeout]

You should've seen the beautiful smile on Bob Arnot's face this morning...live from the streets of Baghdad. (He's been a Godsend during this entire ordeal.)

[MEG33]

Great day,Ragtime!We just picked up the "trash"!

[OrioleFan]

NYT Front Page:

Bush Skips Out On Church Today - Is He Off The Wagon

Burried on page 35:

Saddam Hussein Surrenders

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Congratulations, Bubba. You got the first posting! What a happy day! Merry Christmas to all! Happy holidays to all freepers! Boo hoo to all you Demos!

[bonfire]

I called my siblings at 4:30am.

WAKE THEM UP!!!

[CedarDave]

Bumper sticker when I was in college last century some time:

Honk if you passed P-Chem

[radu]

Some of the Iraqis stated if Saddam was going to go down like a woman, then he should have surrendered to the Americans many months ago.

I caught that statement, too. hehe!

Seeing and hearing the Iraqis celebrate is sooooo cooooool! They've waited so many years for this day. FREE at last of his tyranny. They now know he's never coming back.
There are reports that Dec. 14th is being declared the Day of Liberation, or something to that effect. So much going on, I forget the exact wording of that. LOL!
A happy day, that's for sure!

[Democratshavenobrains]

If DU wasn't belittling America, they wouldn't be DU. Go pound sand losers!! And to top it all off, the operation to get him was called Red Dawn, the Left's most hated movie of all time!! LOL

[Lazamataz]

Hundreds of Iraqi children were killed from celebratory fire? Ok, show me the fact that these children were killed.

Look. Katie Couric would not lie. Hundreds of innocent cute widdle chilllrun were horribly mangled and killed to death by the celebratory gunfire, not to mention the thousands of cute little happy puppy dogs.

For you to equate this, with gun control in USA, is ludicrous.

If we don't ban guns now this could be our fate! Muslims will kill people by shooting into the air.

If it saves one life, it's worth it.

[wardaddy]

LOL....actually....I was amazed you are awake after 2 hours sleep.