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.

[Cvengr]

With the large number of body doubles Hussein reportedly had trained, I'd think we may want to review the archives and compare facial features to confirm identity. If he's been held awhile this has probably already been performed.

If it's not him, what better way to smoke him out and further reduce his authority than to make his command even more impotent?

[onyx]

YEAH - #601 --- WTG!

[MEG33]

What an enchanting day for the Iraqi people.(Bush said to Bill Frist).

[alaskanfan]

I just wish they would have shown a picture of him being captured wearing his burqua.

[Bob]

I hope you don't mind, Bob, but I've corrected this for you....No, it's a good thing for usThe US, and since it is, it's a bad thing for them. They don't want usThe US to succeed.

Good point. What I really meant by 'us' was those of us who want the U.S. to succeed.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Ty. Done. Y

[onyx]

I think so too. I'd call that cheering!

[MeekOneGOP]

Dean: Saddam ?? Captured ?? Yeah, right !! ha! ha! ha! ...

[Timeout]

"Pretty Chicken" alert!

Richard Engle reporting on NBC that "the mood in Tikrit is quite subdued"......bet it's subdued in Richards spider hole, too!

[onyx]

PERFECT collage of photos!

He's "F"ed and he looks like he knows it!

[Constitution Day]

I swear, I am almost speechless.

This is a great day for the US military, for the President... but most importantly, for the people of Iraq!

[MEG33]

They checked scars and showed him to other detainees.They did prelim DNA..I think they must wait on confirmation DNA.

Believe me, the President would not have let this be announced officially without proof.

[pitinkie]

con coughlin on nbc now

[TexKat]

CNN report: An Iraqi pointed out the actual farmhouse. The U.S. military had a 3 hour window. The first spot Saddam was not there. The second spot behind the trap door of the spider hole bingo. Saddam in black trousers, white t-shirt, long sleeve dark shirt, tired, dirty, identified himself to the U. S. forces and to the interpreters.

Nic Robertson CNN in Tikrit reports there is no celebrations going on in Tikrit. Hardly anyone on the streets of Tikrit.

You think the Sunnis are probably afraid??

[onyx]

#634 --- that HAS to be your best yet, and that's going some! You are fabulous!

[Ex-Dem]

Uh...I just woke up so I'm a little groggy. Tell me it's true???

[TomGuy]

Brokaw just asked a British reporter whether we'd expected "...to find Saddam hiding like a rat in a hole."

[Sapper26]

James Woolsey was just on ABC talking about that Mohammed Atta story.

English reporter on NBC talking about it now.

[Wondervixen]

CNN must be a morgue right now!

[MEG33]

A poster from Turkey said it was cheering..Sobbing for joy and said it was a great day for Turkey,too.