They Got Saddam!

[Tigarius]

;D, they finally got him.

[Tigarius]

The senior U.S. official said the captured man's appearance did not immediately look like Saddam, but additional efforts to ascertain his identity indicated he was the former leader.


The officials spoke only on condition of anonymity.


Tikrit is Saddam's hometown.


In Baghdad, the U.S.-led occupation notified reporters that a "very important" announcement will be made at a news conference scheduled for 7 a.m. EST but did not give details.


Earlier, a member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council said Saddam had been captured alive in Tikrit.


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.

[Tigarius]

The senior U.S. official said the captured man's appearance did not immediately look like Saddam, but additional efforts to ascertain his identity indicated he was the former leader.


The officials spoke only on condition of anonymity.


Tikrit is Saddam's hometown.


In Baghdad, the U.S.-led occupation notified reporters that a "very important" announcement will be made at a news conference scheduled for 7 a.m. EST but did not give details.


Earlier, a member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council said Saddam had been captured alive in Tikrit.


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.

"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 Bush administration.


A council spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Bremer had relayed news of Saddam's capture to the council. A council delegation planned to visit Saddam in captivity later Sunday, the spokesman said.


Another Governing Council member, Jalal Talabani, was earlier quoted by Iran's official news agency, IRNA, as saying Saddam had been captured in Tikrit.


Talabani told IRNA that Saddam's detention will bring stability to Iraq.


"With the arrest of Saddam, the source financing terrorists has been destroyed and terrorist attacks will come to an end. Now we can establish a durable stability and security in Iraq," Talabani was quoted as saying.


In Baghdad, residents fired small arms in the air in celebration, and gunfire echoed in neighborhoods across the city. Earlier in the day, rumors of the capture sent people streaming into the streets of Kirkuk, a northern Iraqi city, firing guns in the air in celebration.


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





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

[Tigarius]

[killa]

I saw the news today.This will hopefully bring more peace to Iraq.

[Freak]

well good hes gone. now get rid of the resistance!
/me jumps out, ooooga booooha ooooga. <~` got ya mike:P

[w0rd]

Screw the rules, f.u.c.k the system

You'll never take me alive.. muwahaha ;D

/me runs around like a wild monkey

[(-(a)mm(o)-)]

lol mike
its about time they caught him wasnt he in a pit thy had to dig him out or summit?

[w0rd]

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3318775.stm

[z00ey]

'they' got saddam - haleluja..
..so what ?

/me sighs*

[Fisher]

who gives a flower

[overdose]

You sure are a man who loves his flowers Fisher

But yeah I was watching a movie last night and saw this thing on the bottom of the screen saying they got him so I stayed up for ages just watching all this stuff about him, the video of him was kinda freaky though

[Ohio]

z00ey said:

..so what ?

It is not everyday the world becomes a safer place

[Duke Tosti]

safer place ... an old bearded man looking like santa is caught ;D

but still, he did do a lot of bad things, and if he stayed free he would be a threath just because of his name and history, he would still have a certain powerbase in Iraqi, so now we are rid of him ... may be that country is on its way to better times ... let's hope so

and personlly I think it would have bin better for him to die in a very bloody and painfull accident while an imense amount of ppl where crying of joy because a person who did so many bad things to other humans died in front of their eyes, and that he would KNOW they all cried of joy because he was dying extremely painfull ... he deserves it, I think ...

allthough maybe I look a bit as he used to be now ... ;D but whatever

he's history anyway [/font]

[anthrax]

i can't see how some can be so quick to disregard it as a every day thing that no one should give a fk about. (ohio/tosti with good reasoning). plus the fact hes been caught will hopefully demoralise the rest of the supporters/suicide bombers etc in iraq..