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.

[TexKat]

GWB = TEXAS

4TH ID = TEXAS

Ha ha ha, we keep telling yall "Don't, do not mess with Texas or anything Texas does!!

[TomGuy]

ABC hates having to broadcast these pix of people dancing at Saddam's capture.

[Calpernia]

Thanks!

[Skywarner]

Poor Dean. What's he going to complain about now?? ;-)

"Yes, we are glad that Saddam Hussein has been captured. But, what of his pet dog? This administration has failed to capture to dog of this brutal dictator... blah, blah, blah."

[Timeout]

Can you stand even MORE potential good news this morning? The UK Telegraph reports today:

Iraq's coalition government claims that it has uncovered documentary proof that Mohammed Atta, the al-Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks against the US, was trained in Baghdad by Abu Nidal, the notorious Palestinian terrorist.

Details of Atta's visit to the Iraqi capital in the summer of 2001, just weeks before he launched the most devastating terrorist attack in US history, are contained in a top secret memo written to Saddam Hussein, the then Iraqi president, by Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti, the former head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.

The lefties are really screwed if this pans out...

[gatorbait]

OMG...Just wait till the left hears abouts this..Thye'll want to free him..
Richard Ben-Veniste is enroute as we speak....

[Skywarner]

If this story pans out, it would certainly explain why Abu Nidal was mysteriously killed following 9/11. No witnesses...

[Calpernia]

Hey, found the link to that Sky News story!

We all need to be watching this story anyway; so I'm linking it here too:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1039512/posts

[MEG33]

I think it's 5pm in Iraq..pass the Bailey's!

[thesummerwind]

Sandy Berger on MSNBC saying that Iraqis not better off now

Berger has always been a dirt bag.....put him in a dirt hole too.

We are dissipating the fear of the Itaqui people. A GREAT day..................BUT NOT FOR THR DEMS.!

[ItsOurTimeNow]

NBC Talking Heads already talking about the "political ramifications" of this to the Bush Administration, as well as The Nine.

Dear Lord...they're completely hopeless, aren't they?

[armymarinemom]

Phone ringing off the wall, dancing in the den, dancing in the streets!!!!!!!!

[MEG33]

Long thread on the failure to approve a new constitution.

[the_rightside]

LMAO

[alaskanfan]

1.) The U.S. had Saddam for sometime.

I'm not surprised. They probably also believe we've had O.B.L. for quite some time, and are only waiting for a politicaly expedient moment to break the news.

Wish I had the tinfoil concession for the D.N.C. convention.

[Timeout]

Brit Hume reporting about a Christmas party last night where Cheney, Rummy et al were in "extraordinarily good humor". I bet!

[onyx]

Just like Dubya to let Tony take the spotlight first!

Yes, it is! POTUS is a true Southern gentleman and Blair stood with us and POTUS steadfastly. I LOVE both of them. Heck, I love almost everyone right now! I want to go outside and scream in the street!

[Sapper26]

They probably also believe we've had O.B.L. for quite some time, and are only waiting for a politicaly expedient moment to break the news.

That was the fifth thing I mentioned. Oh yes, DU stills hates W.

[TexKat]

Christiann Amanpour CNN forced a fake smile on her mug when she first came on and was questioned about the capture. The smile was sooooooooooooo fake and lasted a third of a second if that long.

[Cvengr]

It wasn't always this way....(sigh)