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U.S. Troops Capture Saddam Hussein at ZZTop Concert. Celebratory gunfire heard in Baghdad, Tikrit and DemocraticUnderground: if he beats the rap, this really throw the nomination up for grabs. Dem Campaign Heats Up As Saddam Tosses Hat In Ring Des Moines, IA - Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his upstart "Straight Talk Jihad" presidential campaign completed the third day of a campaign swing across the Hawkeye State Friday, buoyed by a new Des Moines Register poll showing growing support among core Democratic voters. The latest Register Iowa Poll of likely Democratic caucus voters, conducted between July 27 and July...

Saddam Captured Alive, Iraq Official Says 4 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) has been captured alive in his hometown of Tikrit, a member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council said Sunday. Council 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, the U.S. administrator for Iraq (news - web sites). "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...

Unconfirmed source - Iranian News Source quoting Kurdish news

Iraqi Kurdish ruler: Saddam Hussein captured in Tikrit (Sky News)

SADDAM CAPTURED Tony Blair has confirmed that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been captured alive in his home town of Tikrit. Mr Blair said in a statement that Saddam was seized last night at around 3am this morning.The British Prime Minister said the arrest "removes the shadow" of his return from Iraq and "gives an opportunity for Saddam to be tried in Iraqi courts".Reports say Saddam was "dug out of a cellar" from a house in a poverty-stricken area during a raid by US forces, backed by Kurdish troops.It is claimed that DNA tests have been carried out and...

The Talk Shows Sunday, December 14th, 2003 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Julie L. Gerberding.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) and former Virginia governor James Gilmore (R). FACE THE NATION (CBS): Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-MO). THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA), Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), former senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ), former New York governor Mario Cuomo (D) and Joe Trippi, manager of the Democratic presidential campaign of Howard Dean.LATE EDITION (CNN)...

CNN anchor now reports news conference due at 4 AM PST/7AM EST

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/14/03 - Tikrit, Saddam caught, Baghdad, Najaf, link to Atta BREAKING: Tikrit, Iraq - Saddam caught BREAKING: Baghdad - Bremer confirms capture of Saddam BREAKING: Baghdad - Letter found linking al Qaeda and Saddam BREAKING: Iraq - Iraqis cheer capture of Saddam BREAKING: Najaf - more mass graves QFN ==== YE OLDE QUAGMIRE-FREE NEWS ========= Tikrit ========= OPERATION "RED DAWN" - Saddam's caputure by the 4th ID, at 8 PM on 12/13/03 in Tikrit. Three cheers for Teams Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2 Saddam was hiding in a 6x8 foot spider-hole. The...

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.”...

<p>Bush to address nation from White House at noon EST, 9am Pacific.</p>

Just reported. Large explosion at just about the same time as Bush completed his address.

Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been arrested in Iraq, according to unconfirmed reports. He was detained in his ancestral home town of Tikrit, Iraqi Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani said on the official Iranian news agency IRNA. The US Defence Department said it had no confirmation of the report. Saddam Hussein is the most wanted man on the list issued by US authorities but has not been seen since Baghdad fell to US forces in April. Intensive search A spokeswoman for US-led coalition forces in Baghdad said that a "very important" announcement would be made at a news conference at...

Congratulations to the Officers and Men of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division, "Ivy", and their comrades in the Kurdish Peshmergha, on the event of the capture of Saddam al-Hussein. Well done, gentlemen. Cigars all around. Be Seeing You, Chris

7:12 EST. Paul Bremmer confirmed Saddam has been captured and his days of tormenting the Iraqi people are "gone forever." Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, US Commander in Iraq announced Saddam Hussein was captured in "Operation Red Dawn" and was cooperating with coalition forces. 4th ID, 1st Brigade, Raider Brigade, led by Col Jim Hickey led the raid with approximately 600 men. Saddam was found at the bottom of a "spider hole" - six to eight feet deep with just enough space to lie down in. Saddam gave up with no resistence. There was $750,000, two AK47's and a yellow taxi cab...

<p>German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who opposed the U.S.-led war, wrote to George W. Bush saying: "With great happiness I have learnt of the capture of Saddam Hussein. I congratulate you on the successful mission.</p> <p>"Saddam Hussein has brought unspeakable suffering over his own people and the whole region. I hope that with his capture the efforts of the international community to the reconstruction and stabilization of Iraq will be furthered."</p>

<p>HILLA, Iraq -- Just past a cold, cloudy midnight in March 1991, Abdelraheem Ali Moussa -- blindfolded, hands bound -- stumbled onboard a stolen Kuwaiti bus. With 30 men, women and children, he was driven to a field behind Mahaweel Republican Brick Factory, where everyone was shot. The others died. Moussa survived.</p>

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan welcomed news of Saddam Hussein's capture Sunday, but said it was too early to say if it might lead to stepped up efforts to find elusive al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The whereabouts of bin Laden, the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, are not known, but Pakistani and Afghan officials have said he may be hiding in rugged border regions. Asked to comment on a U.S. announcement of Saddam's capture near his hometown of Tikrit, Afghan government spokesman Javid Loodin said: "It is positive news. It's a...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago cab driver James John was jarred from his early morning doldrums Sunday by the news on the radio: Saddam Hussein had been captured. "Oh my God," he said to himself as he drove. It was shortly after 4 a.m. CST and the 21-year-old was among the first Americans to hear the news. As many Iraqis celebrated in the streets of Baghdad and other cities, many here shook their heads in approval. "It's a good thing. He was a bad man," John said as he filled his cab's tank at a gas station. Michael Gonzales, 48, of...

Arab Americans in southeastern Mich. celebrate Saddam's capture The Associated Press 12/14/2003, 9:42 a.m. ET DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Alaa Alkhafaji dashed out from behind the counter and turned up the sound on the television. A reporter on Al Jazeera then confirmed what Alkhafaji was just told: Saddam Hussein had been captured in Iraq. Alkhafaji, his eyes still wide with amazement, began dialing the telephone at the Alzawraa Cafe in Dearborn. He wanted to break the news to everybody he knew. Elsewhere in this heavily Arab Detroit suburb, residents took to the streets in celebration as they did eight months...