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SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED
SkyNews ^ | December 14, 2003 | Staff

Posted on 12/14/2003 2:16:57 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy

SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been captured in his home town of Tikrit, according to reports.

There has been no independent verification of the news but Sky New's Foreign Editor Tim Marshall says the source of the news is usually reliable.

The US Defence Department says it has had no confirmation of the claims, which come from Iraqi Kurd leader Jalal Talabani, says the Iran news agency IRNA.

Hundreds of exultant people have taken to the streets of Kirkuk, firing weapons into the air in celebration.

A press conference has been announced for 12pm GMT.

In Baghdad, a spokeswoman for the US-led operation notified reporters that a "very important" announcement will be made at the press conference.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aceofspades; ageofliberty; decapitation; husseincaptured; jalaltalabani; pl; saddam; viceisclosed; viceisclosing
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To: UncleJeff
Best suggestion that I've heard. Give him some Mussolini justice.


61 posted on 12/14/2003 2:42:23 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy
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To: Bubba_Leroy
Whadda ya wanna bet, Vermont has his drivers lic. printed and on it's way.
62 posted on 12/14/2003 2:42:26 AM PST by Waco
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To: Bubba_Leroy; nuconvert; Pan_Yans Wife; AdmSmith; Eala; RaceBannon; dixiechick2000; freedom44
Bump~!
63 posted on 12/14/2003 2:42:35 AM PST by F14 Pilot (Conspiracy Theory... For whom the bell tolls ?)
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
Don't worry, mom, I won't tell anyone. :0)
64 posted on 12/14/2003 2:42:53 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (I don't hear voices. I AM the voices...)
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Greg Palkat in Iraq reporting celebratory gunfire.
65 posted on 12/14/2003 2:42:53 AM PST by Bob
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To: thesummerwind
They will decrease quite alot!!!

Perhaps, for a while. In the long run, I'm not so sure, and I'd be awfully careful of what ammo I gave the media/left. Remember how they twisted the President's words on the aircraft carrier when he said the major combat phase over...he never said the war was over.

66 posted on 12/14/2003 2:43:02 AM PST by Cacophonous (For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11))
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To: Dallas59
He is reported to have altered his appearance. He is said to very much resemble Janet Reno.

Andrea Mitchell is reporting and seems ready to CRY! A TERRIBLE DAY for the DEMOCRATS!!!!!

67 posted on 12/14/2003 2:43:36 AM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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To: MEG33; Ragtime Cowgirl; windchime; Dog; Grampa Dave; mystery-ak
Brett Baer of Fox News is reporting that Saddam was captured in a basement in a building in Tikrit. Brett says that the U.S. Gov has in the last 20 minutes that they are doing DNA testing. Tips came from locals. Iraqis are celebrating.

You rock 4th ID!!!

Osama you are next

68 posted on 12/14/2003 2:44:05 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: UncleJeff
We should turn him loose, at Noon, in downtown Baghdad.

With appropriate notice given.

If his own people didn't kill him before, what makes you think they would now?

69 posted on 12/14/2003 2:44:51 AM PST by Cacophonous (For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:11))
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To: Free_at_last_-2001
DNC goes on full suicide alert!!!

ABCNNBCBS are really going to be Pissed, 'fer sure...all the stories about VP Cheny...up in smoke, like the Clintons' dream to return to the WH.

70 posted on 12/14/2003 2:45:00 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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Lots of gunfire in Iraq.
71 posted on 12/14/2003 2:45:32 AM PST by Bob
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To: Bubba_Leroy
I have faith in the creativity of the Iraqi People. Let his victims handle him.
72 posted on 12/14/2003 2:45:38 AM PST by UncleJeff
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
I don't even want to go to sleep now.

I hear you! I heard this on the radio while in bed and had to get up to see what was on FNC and what my FReeper buds were saying. I hope this is true!.

73 posted on 12/14/2003 2:45:45 AM PST by radiohead
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To: thesummerwind
Yes, she sounds so terribly disappointed... These reports must have hit her and much of the media extremely hard, we should show a little compassion for them (not!)...
74 posted on 12/14/2003 2:45:59 AM PST by Zeppo
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To: DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
All night!!!! It's 5:45 here in the 'Burgh. I can hear the guns going off (in Iraq) in celebration!!! Gunfire all over the place.
75 posted on 12/14/2003 2:46:04 AM PST by thesummerwind (like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by)
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To: matrix2225
Meanwhile at the Democratic National Headquarters...








76 posted on 12/14/2003 2:46:18 AM PST by Dallas59
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To: thesummerwind
Andrea Mitchell is reporting and seems ready to CRY! A TERRIBLE DAY for the DEMOCRATS!!!!!

Hehehehe. Ain't it grand? : )

77 posted on 12/14/2003 2:46:21 AM PST by Prime Choice (Leftist opinions may be free, but I still feel like I'm getting ripped off every time I receive one.)
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To: matrix2225
"Thanks FR."

AMEN! Confirming what I have come to believe, Free Republic is the BEST source for breaking news anywhere!

When news breaks, we fix it! (Ok, that's stolen, but I like it a lot - apologies to the Daily Show)

78 posted on 12/14/2003 2:46:26 AM PST by jocon307
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To: Zeppo
Celebratory gunfire being heard in Baghdad and CNN reporter seems to be saddened. Good signs.
79 posted on 12/14/2003 2:46:41 AM PST by Arkinsaw (What LSU game? Huh? No idea what you are talking about.)
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To: Bob
FOXNews was way late in reporting this, and initially much more cautious, (I'm sure to cover their failure to be first). MSNBC was first, then CNN, then FOX. But FOX's Britt Baer in Chicago, and Greg Palcotte(sp) in Baghdad, are providing excellent information.

Cheers for the 4th Infantry Div!!!!!

80 posted on 12/14/2003 2:47:02 AM PST by YaYa123
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