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Was Saddam actually captured on December 13? Nearly a week after the arrest of Saddam Hussein, some serious questions regarding the ousted leader's capture have started to emerge; questions that may unfortunately remain unanswered. Analysts, journalists and Muslims all over the world are casting heavy doubts on the official U.S. version of Saddam Hussein's seizure. ... Another story circulating on the streets of Baghdad concerns a photograph of two American soldiers standing beside a date palm tree. The photo was supposedly taken on the day of Saddam's capture. However, according to the story, any Iraqi would know that this...

Contrary to American claims, the resistance will grow now that Saddam has been found, writes Sami Ramadani. The joy was deep, but the pain, too, was overwhelming as I remembered relatives and friends who lost their lives opposing Saddam Hussein's tyranny or in his wars. I remember my dearest friend, Hazim, whom I hugged goodbye in 1969 at the canteen of the college of medicine in Baghdad. I never saw him again. Although only 15, Hazim had the courage to distribute anti-Baathist leaflets at our school in Baghdad within months of the 1963 CIA-backed coup that brought the Baathists to...

A new tape recording believed to be the voice of Osama bin Laden's right-hand man, claims the US has been defeated in Afghanistan. The audio tape, said to be of Ayman al-Zawahri, was aired on the Qatar-based al Jazeera network. The voice said the terror group was chasing Americans everywhere, including the United States. "America has been defeated (by) our fighters despite all its military might, its weaponry...With Gods help we are still chasing Americans and their allies everywhere, including their homeland,"said the speaker. Zawahri's warning came as a US intelligence official said authorities were studying a terror threat to...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Arabic television al Jazeera on Friday aired an audio tape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, saying the United States was defeated in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and his group was chasing Americans everywhere, including the United States. "America has been defeated (by) our fighters despite all its military might, its weaponry...With Gods [sic] help we are still chasing Americans and their allies everywhere, including their homeland," said the speaker who sounded like Zawahri, al Qaeda's second in command.