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  • My favorite FR Thread - You are going to love this today!

    12/14/2003 12:04:30 PM PST · by Diva Betsy Ross · 104 replies · 685+ views
    If someone could help me post this (photos) here I think it would be great for today. Jeff Head had posted on but old thread ( Red Blooded Message) does not have working link. Here is the current link: http://www.jeffhead.com/attack/warning.htm Cheers to Jeff Head. God bless our troops and Merry Christmas all.
  • How the news was greeted

    12/14/2003 1:19:08 PM PST · by Pikamax · 18 replies · 143+ views
    telegraph ^ | 12/14/03 | telegraph
    How the news was greeted (Filed: 14/12/2003) World's leaders, and others, reacted to the news of Saddam Hussein's capture: "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. The tyrant is a prisoner" - Paul Bremer, the US administrator in Iraq addressing a news conference in Baghdad. "The shadow of Saddam has finally lifted from the Iraqi people" - Prime Minister Tony Blair "This is truly excellent news and I congratulate everyone involved in the pursuit and capture of Saddam Hussein. We must all hope that this will bring real peace in Iraq very much closer" - Michael Howard, the Tory leader. "The...
  • Joy to the World (Peggy Noonan)

    12/14/2003 10:29:57 AM PST · by bellevuesbest · 121 replies · 324+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 12-14-03 | Peggy Noonan
    <p>Joy to the World They thought that we would rue it. They doubted we'd do it. But now they must admit it, that succeed we did.</p> <p>First, let's just be happy. Let's feel a burst of joy.</p> <p>Let's not be boring people who Consider the Implications. Let's not talk about the domestic political impact. For just a day let's feel the pleasure history just handed us.</p>
  • U.S. forces capture Saddam Hussein at remote farmhouse near Tikrit, Iraq [DoD]

    12/14/2003 6:43:44 AM PST · by Ragtime Cowgirl · 129 replies · 5,764+ views
    DoD ^ | Dec. 14, 2003
    SADDAM CAPTUREDTroops from the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein without incident Dec. 13. Saddam was found hiding in a storehouse at a remote farmhouse near Tikrit, Iraq. U.S. forces capture Saddam Hussein at remote farmhouse near Tikrit, Iraq WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2003 -- “We got him.” U.S. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer II announced in Baghdad, Iraq, at about 7 a.m. this morning. “Saddam Hussein was captured Saturday, Dec. 13, at about 8:30 p.m. local time, in a cellar in the town of Adwar, which is about 15 kilometers south of Tikrit.”...
  • U.S.: 'We got him'

    12/14/2003 6:17:13 AM PST · by Mich0127 · 96 replies · 134+ views
    CNN.com ^ | 12/14/03 | CNN
    TIKRIT, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. forces have captured Saddam Hussein in a late night raid near his hometown of Tikrit, according to the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority. "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," L. Paul Bremer announced Sunday. The announcement was greeted with cheers from the audience. Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez showed video of Saddam, who had graying hair and a long beard, undergoing a medical examination after his capture. Several Iraqi journalists stood up and shouted "Death to Saddam" after the video was shown. Sanchez said the former leader was not injured and has been "talkative and...
  • Thank you President Bush. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

    12/14/2003 4:54:03 AM PST · by Hillary's Lovely Legs · 238 replies · 4,985+ views
    Fox News ^ | 12-14-2003