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Brought to your courtesy of the red, white, and blue (and some friendly Kurds).

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105706,00.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops captured Saddam Hussein (search), the former Iraqi dictator and most-wanted figure by the U.S.-led coalition, as he tried to hide in a basement in Tikrit, officials announced at a Sunday news conference.

"Ladies and gentlement, we got him," L. Paul Bremer (search), the U.S. administrator in Iraq, announced.


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Thank God for Saddam's Capture

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Now thats the kind of new I like to hear:)

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could somone maybe photoshop his face onto that one of the retarded kid being chased by the wrx??

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U.S. President George W. Bush addresses the nation about the capture of former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein in the Cabinet Room of the White House, December 14, 2003. Bush said on Sunday that Saddam Hussein would face justice and that his capture brought a hopeful day to Iraq but that it would not spell the end of violence in Iraq.

Captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein speaks in this image from television.

Saddam Hussein is filmed during his medical exam.

Indian college students watch a television showing footage related to Saddam Hussein's capture at a hostel in Allahabad, India.

British based Iraqis celebrate the capture of Iraq's ousted President Saddam Hussein in central London.

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An Iraqi youth displays a victory sign following the news of the arrest of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad Iraq.

Iraq's U.S. administrator Paul Bremer (R) and commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, hold a news conference in Baghdad, following the arrest of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi children celebrate the capture of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City.

Iraqis celebrate in the southern city of Nasiriyah after the capture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in his hometown of Tikrit.

A US soldier from 1-22 Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division flashes the V-sign for victory at the 4ID headquarters, in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.





A man stands inside a building in Times Square as the news of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's capture is shown on the Dow Jones news ticker, in New York.


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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reacts to the news in Tokyo. The Japanese government welcomed the capture of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as it prepares to send troops to join the coalition in Iraq.

An Iraqi beats a picture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein with his shoe in downtown Baghdad.

A U.S. soldier displays a map of the area where Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was captured.

Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse), in Tikrit watch on Sunday a broadcast of a news conference showing a video of Saddam Hussein being examined by a military doctor after the former Iraqi leader was captured.

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Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf gives a press conference in Baghdad. Kuwaitis, jubilant at the capture of arch-foe Saddam Hussein were frantically sending each other mobile text messages of mock denials from al-Sahhaf.

Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, center, President of Iraq's new Governing Council, smiles after holding a press conference at the Spanish Foreign Ministry in Madrid Sunday Dec. 14, 2003 where he announced the capture in Tikrit, Iraq, of ex-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi immigrant Ali Almothafer shows customers in the Arab Kabab restaurant in Dearborn, Mich., a picture of captured Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

A crowd begins to form on Warren Ave., outside the Karbalaa Islamic Center in Dearborn, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003 after hearing the news that Saddam Hussein was captured in Iraq.

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An Israeli man in a electric appliances store in Tel Aviv, Israel watches TV sets showing footage of a live broadcast of a news conference from Baghdad, Iraq.







Iraqis burn a banknotes with the image of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad.

Iraqis dance in the street following the news of the arrest of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad Iraq.

Iraqi men celebrate the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces in Baghdad.

A soldier from the 4th Infantry Division guards $750,000 U.S. dollars seized during the arrest of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, during a press conference in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division arrested Saddam on Saturday in the town of Ad Dwara, just outside Tikrit. The background shows a picture of the house where Saddam Hussein was found.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters watch a news report of the capture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's capture by U.S. forces, in Mosul, Iraq.

An unidentified man watches television news reports relating to the capture of Saddam Hussein in an electronic goods shop in Bangalore, India.

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An Iraqi policeman celebrates with a child after the capture of Saddam Hussein, under the Freedom statue in Baghdad, the former site of a toppled Saddam Hussein statue.





A photo of a freshly groomed Saddam Hussein after his capture is shown during a press conference in Baghdad.

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Kuwaiti citizens Mohammed Ali (R) and Jassim Gallaf (L) give a thumbs up as they listen in Kuwait City, to the news of the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair gives a news conference inside 10, Downing Street, London, following the capture of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Iraqis celebrate the capture of Saddam Hussein under the Freedom statue in Baghdad.

Residents of Samawah, Iraq, 150 miles south of Baghdad, celebrate Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, at the news of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's capture.

An Iraqi journalist shouts out at a news conference following the arrest of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad December 14, 2003. Cheering Iraqis in the audience shouted 'Death to Saddam!' Iraq's former Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, in U.S. custody for seven months, helped to confirm the identity of Saddam Hussein after his capture.





The farmhouse under which American forces found former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit.



US Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the top US military commander in Iraq, looks at footage of Saddam Hussein after his capture as US civil administrator Paul Bremer asks journalists from Iraqi and abroad to calm down during a press conference in Baghdad. Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been captured alive by coalition forces after a manhunt of more than eight months.

Iraqi people celebrate the capture of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein in Baquba, 60km northeast of Baghdad.




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The hole in which American forces found former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein under a farmhouse near his hometown of Tikrit.

The capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is displayed on a news ticker in front of the CNN building on Sixth Avenue in New York.








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Regardless of how you feel about the US actions in Iraq, this is great news for the people of that country and the entire Middle East...

God Bless our men and women in the military and the Iraqi people. May this be the beginnings of peace, harmony and self-government in that region.

:patriot

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Thats not Saddam, thats Santa Claus!

HAHA, sorry kiddies, no xmas this year.

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thank you troops!

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poor guy, all he ever wanted was to rule over a bunch of people and make them do things they done want to, WHATS WRONG WITH THAT?! :(

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BuudWeizErr wrote:Thats not Saddam, thats Santa Claus!


That's not Santa Claus, that's Theodore Kaczynski.

Spectacular news. The stock market's going to open high tomorrow. Sucker rally probably.

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:owned :jazz: :patriot

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gah when are they gonna do this "DNA test" and if its positive can I trust that its real?

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It's already been done and confirmed.

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Ok, not that I had much doubt, but there is always that 'what if?' Ya know?

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best news i've heard all day!:patriot

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merry Christmas/Chanukah/Whatever and a happy new year! :ylsuper

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its about time.. now we still need bin laden

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Man, that's one ugly mother...I would have just shot him in the face for a "suspicious movement".

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It will be interesting to see what problems the US Forces face in keeping him in captivity. His trial will be another.

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agreed, they're gonna need Colin Farrel and Samuel L. for this one!

that or no one gives a damn now, I really doubt this, but it'd be kinda funny...

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time for the US to move in a start sucking the country dry of all of its oil.. but hey, look on teh bright side maby now the gas prices will drop..

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indeed, and the radio airwaves will flourish with Iraqi boy bands!


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