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Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq on 13 December 2003. Codenamed Operation Red Dawn, this military operation was named after the 1984 American film Red Dawn. [3]
Jul 21, 2010 · Five months later, on December 13, 2003, U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown of Tikrit.
Dec 3, 2023 · Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. troops on December 13, 2003, after a nine-month search for the deposed Iraqi dictator and his top associates. The Iraqi dictator was later executed for crimes against humanity.
Nov 8, 2018 · American soldiers in the 4th Infantry Division stand over the opening of the 'spider hole' where Saddam Hussein was captured in Ad Dawr, Iraq in 2003. After coalition forces invaded Iraq in...
Dec 15, 2003 · Saddam Hussein was captured after a tip-off led American troops to a small, underground hole concealed next to farm buildings near the former leader's hometown of Tikrit. Soldiers were seconds...
On 14 December, US administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer confirmed that Saddam Hussein had indeed been captured at a farmhouse in ad-Dawr near Tikrit. Bremer presented video footage of Saddam in custody. Saddam was shown with a full beard and hair longer than his familiar appearance.
Dec 6, 2013 · Ten years ago this week, the US Army captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein alive. The story of how he was located and captured is an intelligence success story.
Mar 19, 2023 · Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, a look back at the December 2003 capture of Saddam Hussein, a watershed moment in the Iraq War. Scott Pelley visited the site of Saddam's last stand a...
Dec 16, 2003 · Saddam Hussein, after life of luxury, was captured in small, dark and dank hole in ground beneath courtyard of peasant farm; Col James B Hickey describes how soldiers peering down into shaft...
“Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!” These were the words spoken by L. Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, to announce to the world that Saddam Hussein had been captured by U.S. forces.
