12-14-2003, 04:37 PM
<b>Saddam captured in Iraq, confirms US</b>
American forces captured a bearded Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole in a farmhouse cellar near his hometown of Tikrit, the US military announced on Sunday.
The arrest was carried out without a shot fired and was a victory for the US-led coalition eight months after the fall of Baghdad. "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," US administrator L Paul Bremer told a news conference.
"The tyrant is a prisoner," Bremer said.
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American forces captured a bearded Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole in a farmhouse cellar near his hometown of Tikrit, the US military announced on Sunday.
The arrest was carried out without a shot fired and was a victory for the US-led coalition eight months after the fall of Baghdad. "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," US administrator L Paul Bremer told a news conference.
"The tyrant is a prisoner," Bremer said.
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