http://www.cnn.com/2003/W...index.html

wow thats great!


Here are all the different articles off Google.com

http://news.google.com/ne...c%3Dlatest
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CNN) -- Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is believed to have been captured in a raid near his hometown of Tikrit, U.S. military officials say.

The arrest came with little or no resistance, a U.S. military official in Washington said Sunday. He was with a small group of aides who also were taken into custody, the official said.

There's "a high degree of confidence" that the man captured is Saddam, the official said. He said scars on his body matched those that U.S. officials believe he would have suffered in past coup attempts.

Following his capture, he was taken to Baghdad's airport where he was shown to other former Iraqi leaders already in custody at the airport to complete the identification process, the U.S. military official said.

Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, president of the Iraqi governing council, said that DNA tests have confirmed that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was captured in Tikrit.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Spain's Foreign Minister Ana Palacio, al-Hakim said he received the information from his colleagues in Iraq.

He said Saddam was sporting a fake beard and was hiding in a store in his hometown, when U.S. forces captured him.

Hours after the word leaked out on the possible capture, there were volleys of what was perceived to be celebratory gunfire in Baghdad.

A coalition news conference in Baghdad, scheduled for 3 p.m (1200 GMT), is expected to shed more light on the status of the Iraqi leader.

A briefing in Madrid by the Iraqi Governing Council president and Spanish foreign minister was also expected shortly.

The raid was based on intelligence that Saddam was at a particular location in the area, the officials said.

Video following that raid -- exclusively shot by CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh -- showed a group of U.S.-led coalition soldiers patting each other on the back -- apparently in celebration -- and taking group photos in front of a military vehicle.

The 66-year-old longtime Iraqi leader was number one on the coalition's 55 most wanted list, and his evasion has been a political sore spot for the U.S. administration.


U.S. troops celebrate in Tikrit, after a raid that captured a man believed to be Saddam Hussein.
The Iraq war began on March 19 when U.S. forces launched a "decapitation attack" aimed at the Iraqi president and other top members of the country's leadership.

Hours later, a defiant Saddam wearing a military uniform appeared on Iraqi television to denounce the U.S.-led military campaign as "criminal" and to say his countrymen would be victorious.

At least a dozen audiotapes believed to have been recorded by Saddam, 66, have been released since he was forced out of power by the coalition forces during the Iraq war. The most recent was broadcast in November.

His sons Uday and Qusay -- also on the coalition's most wanted list -- were killed in July, after U.S. forces stormed their hideout in Mosul.

Initial hopes that their father would soon be found faded in the months following that raid.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, has been dogged by reporters wanting to know the status of the search for Saddam.

"It is difficult to find him," Sanchez said, at a press briefing earlier this month. "Given that I haven't found him killed him or captured him, and I need the Iraqi people's help, and together we will find him, we will capture him, we will kill him."

The announcement comes on the same day that 20 people were killed and 32 wounded by a car bomb outside an Iraqi police station west of Baghdad, an Iraqi police officer told CNN.

As reported here already: http://www.prince.org/msg/105/72774


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serpan99 said:

:LOL:

damn you scooped me

locoarts said:

It seems I did...I was already reporting the news live as it happened while u were still in bed

Yes there was just a news flash on the telly before when I switched it on.

BREAKING NEWS

Saddam Hussein has been captured.


I really, really hope they HAVE finally got him, and that he IS really Saddam and not one of his many *doubles*

Yay! Looking at the film footage, it definitely looks like him!

locoarts said:

Was it a wrecka store?

BinaryJustin said:

No, he was seen arguing that he was short changed at KMart

REDFEATHERS said:

Blatant!

REDFEATHERS said:

It won't change a thing though. That's the funny part. In our minds we think that this is "justice", but in reality there's no way he can pay for all the things that happened during his regime.

Besides, now our brave liberators have brought chaos and disorder to this country and the average person is still living in fear. Actually during Saddam's regime you didn't have to worry as long as you kept your mouth shut, but now people are blown up just walking down the street. Along with "freedom", they have brought terrorism to Iraq and it's not going to stop now they've captured Saddam. Not to mention he has no chance of getting a fair trial, which is supposed to be one of the fundamental rights in a democratic society.

So to me there's really no reason for celebration.
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serpan99 said:

lovely pic of him

Christopher said:

So much so i gotta

Do you really think this will end it ? I dont think it will be over that easy, just my thought, i will hold my celebration until i know its over for good.

Bullshit, what exactly is Saddam's crime? Resisting illegal occupation? His crimes have been well known and tolerated for years and no arrest attempts were ever made. Hardly the same as catching Bin-Laden.

Just like i said in the other thread,,

The thang is, back home in America, the people are TRUELY blind about what happens and that becoz of the hypocrite media becoz they show ONE side of the story and hide the MOST important part(which is the ugly side of the story).

I'm right now working in University in Qatar(a country near Iraq) and they show how's the living day-by-day in that country and please believe that its not good.

Nothing changed, Saddam OUT, Americans IN. The folks over there get humilated day after day after day, what used to happen with white folks against black is ON AGAIN but its against those poor folks. But CNN, CBS and ABC are telling you that Iraqi folks are fine and living well but they're not.

Its not a war about PEACE like you think,,,its al about George Bush stealing that Oil cuz his economy went down the hill after the 9/11 thang.

Its a shame really,,,the outside policy of US is really disgusting which is no wonder why we're so HATED but the inside policy is like HYPNOTISUM, you don't know whats really going on in the world and you wonder why overseas folks hate yo ass but once you pay attention you'll realize that the MAIN reason why you're hated is becoz of the BIG BOSS(Presidents).

So as far as Iraqi folks,,,ain't nothing changed, they're still hustling to survive. Saddamn being caugh won't change the fact that Iraqi folks are still on the struggle.

Well if anything, this entire ordeal has made me unable to trust my government anymore. That is sad, as it was easier to be blind and believe the things they said.

Marrk said:

i agree

Christopher said:

Jesus!

TRON said:

hes got you to?

Christopher said:

No, it's JESUS!!!

TRON said:

ohh i thought you were in extacy over this

he does looky like jesus...or a street bum.

Christopher said:

Maybe Ian and Tracy captured him!

TRON said:

...shroomsy did i believe...being shrooms involvment with the the goverment

Christopher said:

That's the ticket! That would explain why he looks so shitty too.

TRON said:

i think he was fed mushroom surprise

Christopher said:

so when they gonna capture bush and blair

oh and i forgot...bin laden...remember him..wan't that the whole bleeding point of the war?
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