He says Saddam held the power of Iraq for 35 years and many people considered him to be a brave and powerful man. Yousef says many Iraqis were saddened to see Saddam Hussein captured in this way. The general manager of Radio Dijla, a station that broadcasts the views and opinions of Iraqis, is Karim Yousef. It was not an image most Iraqis ever expected to see. Within hours of his capture, a videotape was released, showing a doctor examining the former dictator, including an examination of his teeth. With long hair and a long graying beard, Saddam Hussein looked confused and very tired. One of the American commanders involved in the capture says Saddam Hussein was "caught like a rat." In his possession was $750,000 in cash, two AK-47 machine guns and a pistol. His arrest occurred as the result of information provided by former bodyguards and relatives of people close to the former Iraqi president. She says he should be prosecuted and put to death.Īt about 8:30 at night, the once defiant 66-year-old former dictator was found hiding in a small hole, near a farmhouse about 15 kilometers south of his hometown, Tikrit. She says this was the last right of all Iraqis, to see their God punish him like he punished the Iraqis. The second-year college student says she was very glad to see Saddam Hussein on the television, looking confused from hiding in a hole. Iraqis began celebrating in the streets of the capital.īaghdad University college student Alia Hadi, remembers. The world learned of the capture of the most wanted man in Iraq, when former American Administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer told a news conference in Baghdad, "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him."Īrab and Iraqi reporters attending the news conference, stood and cheered for several minutes. Saddam was found by American forces, hiding in a hole not far from where the former dictator was born.
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One year ago today, the ace of spades in the infamous deck of 55 cards representing the most-wanted people in Iraq, was taken into custody.