Saddam Hussein Captured
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December 13, 2003


Saddam had been on the run since April evading American forces by disguise and his 
network of loyal Iraqi civilians. Slowly though Americans where able to breakdown his 
security network by arresting security officials and former body guards. Finally a 
breakthrough when on December 12 Mohamed Ibrahim Omar al-Musslit was unexpectedly 
captured in Baghdad. Mohamed had been a key figure in the President's special security 
organization. His arrest lead to other arrests and interrogation of one of these 
detainees lead to information on Saddam's whereabouts.

The informer told American forces that Saddam was located in the village of Ad-Dawr 
on the outskirts of Tikrit in one of two groups of buildings on a farm codenamed 
Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2.

Within hours Colonel James Hickey (1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division) together 
with US Special Operations Forces launched Operation Red Dawn and under cover of 
darkness made for the target areas. At first the units didn't find anything, but 
under closer inspection Special Forces found what they called a "spider hole" with 
Saddam inside. As soliders removed the cover for of the spider hole they saw Saddam 
Hussein who seeing he had no option but surrender said, "I am the President of 
Iraq..." — to which an American soldier replied: "The President of The United States 
sends his regards." In his almost tomb like hole Saddam had two AK-47s, a pistol, 
$750,000 in $100 bills.