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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 - For American intelligence agencies, the capture of Saddam Hussein is a much needed vindication after many months of failures and frustrations, Bush administration officials and members of Congress said Sunday. The agencies' standing was brought to a low ebb by a long line of setbacks, including the failure to anticipate the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001; the unsuccessful search for unconventional weapons in Iraq; and the inability to find Mr. Hussein or Osama bin Laden. But that string has ended in the dirt hole where Mr. Hussein was finally found, not far from his birthplace. Although...

Heroes world has to thank THE 600 men of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division will go down in history as the men who nailed Saddam in Operation Red Dawn. The 4th ID secured Saddam’s hiding place in one of two targets called Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2. Members of Task Force 121 — made up of special forces agents — then went in to arrest Saddam as he emerged from his spider hole. They had to be wary given the history of spider-holes in Vietnam. They were widely used by the Viet Cong, who would...

CIA to step up operations in Iraq as attacks on US troops continue By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 13 December 2003 In an effort to counter the attacks on American troops in Iraq, the CIA is dispatching a reinforcement of operatives to try and identify the insurgents behind the daily violence. Frustrated in their efforts to halt the attacks or at least develop usable intelligence about who is responsible for them, the agency has ordered the largest mobilisation of resources to the region since the invasion was launched. The agency is dispatching counter-terrorism analysts as well as a small number...

<p>WASHINGTON — A new covert military team has been set up by top U.S. military commanders in the Middle East to hunt down Usama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and other wanted fugitives in the war on terror, Fox News confirmed Friday.</p>

'Task Force 121' has become one of the Pentagon's most highly classified and closely watched operations...developing..breaking...hard! They have now joined in the hunt for Saddam, Osama.