Saddam Captured Newsconference occuring NOW [Live Thread]

CNN ^ | 12-14-03 | CNN

[bonesmccoy]

CNN anchor now reports news conference due at 4 AM PST/7AM EST

[bonesmccoy]

Dan Rather now on the air... "What we know and all we know at this hour...excellent news ... all indications are, including PM Tony Blair, Saddam Hussein has been captured."

[RobFromGa]

I suspect that President Bush will let the people on the ground in Iraq give us the good news themselves. He'll make a statement later.

[DeaconRed]

Yippie-KI-Yo

7.62MM

[bonesmccoy]

Yeah, I'm gonna go to church too... but I'm in the PST... you guys in the EST are going to be calling it closer for morning services.

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for starting the thread! What great news to wake up to!

[metesky]

Howard Dean: "What did Bush know and when did he know it?"

Wesley Clark: "I coulda' done that months ago!"

John F@#%#g Kerry: "OH sh!t! Pass the ketchup."

[bonesmccoy]

They may have already recorded the programs. I don't think they're live.

But, they'll need to scrap the pre-recorded programs now.

Ba ha ha ha

[Bigg Red]

...checking his scars for confirmation.

&&&&&&&&&&

I hope they have gone beyond that to DNA matching. He may well have given his doubles his scars, given the plastic surgery he ordered on them.

Praise God for this great news. God watch over and protect our troops.

[Miss Marple]

Who was scheduled on the morning shows, do you know?

[BurbankKarl]

A soldier with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) uses an arabian scarf to tie the feet of a suspected Fedayeen soldier arrested during a shootout with U.S. soldiers in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, early Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003. One suspected Fedayeen was killed and another arrested in the shootout in Saddam Hussein's volatile hometown.

A hooded and handcuffed Iraqi suspect is guarded by a US soldier from 1-22 Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division after a confrontation in a street 500m from Saddam's 'Birthday Palace', in Tikrit. The raid netted Saddam Hussein according to reports on Sunday.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

[Yeti]

Great news to wake up to!

[bonesmccoy]

You bet. It's a historic day.

I was riveted to a great program on History Channel about the end of WW2 called "The Last Mission".

I was dreaming partly about when would Saddam be caught and the end to the war in Iraq.

Then, I changed channels to find out that the 4th ID had taken care of the problem.

The whole nation is saying "HOO RAH!" with the guys in the field now.

[TomGuy]

Celebrations beginning; man firing shots into air.

FoxNews reporting that Reuters is reporting DNA test confirmed.

[Madame Dufarge]

I hope they have gone beyond that to DNA matching

Fox News reporting the DNA matching confirms it's Saddam.

[bonesmccoy]

CNN reporter broadcasting live from Iraq saying that soldiers didn't want to take the optional leave from Baghdad because she was worried that if she took the two week leave, she might not want to go back to Iraq.

CNN crawl line: "Chalabi: Recieved confirmation of capture from Coalition forces"

[JockoManning]

OK, so Saddam Hussein is captured.

Troops in Iraq must watch for retaliatory acts against coalition forces or this will turn into increased loss of coaliton lives.

[Yeti]

Still nothing on Drudge. He's slipping. Or Sleeping.

[Indie]

:))) Turns out he is just a man after all. Praise God!!
Dear Dems: The rumors of our demise were premature. --Indie

[Analyzing Inconsistencies]

John F@#%#g Kerry: "OH sh!t! Pass the ketchup."

Didn't you mean "F'in' ketchup?" :-)

[Keith in Iowa]

I'm waiting to hear some reaction from any of the 9 DemonRat-president wannabees...

Unofficially, I understand Kerry's first reaction was "F*&k! Ia m so f*&ked!" :0