Saddam IS Captured

@rkley · **Saddam IS Captured -** 12-14-2003, 06:33 AM

check it!

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/ ... index.html

Hobbes · 12-14-2003, 06:39 AM

TEHRAN, Iran — Saddam Hussein (search), the former Iraqi dictator and most-wanted figure by the U.S.-led coalition, has been captured in Iraq, U.S. officials believe.

Multiple high-level sources told Fox News they are certain that coalition troops captured the former Iraqi leader in a raid designed to net him in his hometown of Tikrit. The sources said they were working to confirm that Saddam had indeed been detained.

Iraqi Governing Council (search) member Dara Noor al-Din told The Associated Press that the council was informed of the former dictator's capture in a telephone call from L. Paul Bremer (search), the U.S. administrator for Iraq.

"Bremer has confirmed to the Governing Council that Saddam was captured in Tikrit," Noor al-Din said. "He spoke on the phone to several members, including Ahmad Chalabi."

Chalabi is a leading member of the council who has close links to the U.S. administration of President Bush.

Minutes earlier, Iran's official news agency, IRNA, also reported that Saddam had been detained in Iraq. "Saddam Hussein was arrested in his hometown of Tikrit," IRNA quoted top Iraqi leader, Jalal Talabani as saying. It gave no further details.

Nazem Dabbagh, a representative of Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdestan, confirmed Talabani's statement when reached by phone Sunday by an Associated Press reporter in Tehran.

In Iraq, rumors that Saddam was captured or killed near Tikrit sent hundreds of exultant people into the streets of this northern Iraqi city Sunday. They fired in the air in celebration and congratulated each other.

A spokeswoman for the U.S.-led occupation in Baghdad notified reporters that a "very important" announcement will be made at a news conference scheduled for 7 a.m. EST, but did not say who would be the speaker. The spokeswoman requested anonymity.

In Tikrit, rumors that the former dictator was in custody were making the rounds, but reporters attached to the 4th Infantry Division, the U.S. unit in charge of security in the area, said there was no unusual activity there overnight or early Sunday.

"We are celebrating like it's a wedding," said Mustapha Sheriff, a resident of Kirkuk. "We are finally rid of that criminal."

"This is the joy of a lifetime," said Ali Al-Bashiri, another Kirkuk resident. "I am speaking on behalf of all the people that suffered under his rule."

Saddam, who ruled Iraq for 23 years until his ouster in April, has been a fugitive since then with a $25 million bounty on his head.

Rumors about Saddam's capture or death periodically surface, and a hotline set up by the occupation authorities for tips on his whereabouts is flooded with callers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

@rkley · 12-14-2003, 07:00 AM

It is now confirmed, DNA Tests

*Shoots AK into the Air*

[img]http://24.58.163.208/upload/ak.gif[/img]

@rkley · 12-14-2003, 07:54 AM

PICS

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U.S. troops celebrate in Tikrit, after a raid that captured a man believed to be Saddam Hussein.

[img]http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1184083.jpg[/img]

[img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39633000/jpg/_39633945_saddamcaptured203.jpg[/img]
Saddam Before shaved

Wolf-Man · 12-14-2003, 07:58 AM

More Info & Pics

@rkley · 12-14-2003, 08:03 AM

lol n1 rock:

Tystnad · 12-14-2003, 08:15 AM

They just had a special news thingy on teh telly here..
So i guess its 'over' then.. rolleyes:

Stinger_Dude · 12-14-2003, 08:17 AM

Shows how retarded he is. In the first place what the hell was he doing in Iraq? If I was him I would have left the place like Pakistan or S.America. Secondly I would have shaved that beard and hair.

Oh yeah does anyone have any video footage?

elstatec · 12-14-2003, 08:30 AM

wonder whats going to happen to him now

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 12-14-2003, 08:59 AM

all us people will get to sit on his lap and shit on him

Gonzo · 12-14-2003, 09:04 AM

[quote="[DAS REICH] Blitz":339dd]all us people will get to sit on his lap and shit on him[/quote:339dd]
hahah, they should shot him in his kneecaps and elbows and let him suffer

elstatec · 12-14-2003, 09:16 AM

or even dress him up as a 9 year old and let michael jackson on him...

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 12-14-2003, 09:19 AM

No.....Lock him up in a cell with Sclass...and have him jam his giant thumb up his ass

Zap. USMC · 12-14-2003, 09:21 AM

OORAH!

rock:

Merlin122 · 12-14-2003, 09:22 AM

hooray!