Word: huntly
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...news that Saddam Hussein had survived by being buried alive. Like a pharaoh in his tomb, he had surrounded himself with symbols of his lost power--two AK-47s, a pistol, $750,000 in $100 bills. The Butcher of Baghdad was nestled underground with pictures of Ben Franklin. The hunt for Saddam that began with a hellfire of bombs eight months ago ended without a shot being fired. It was soldiers from the Raider Brigade of the Army's 4th Infantry Division who dug him out of the 8ft.-deep spider hole; the palace monster of monuments and torture chambers...
...news meant that the man George Bush vowed to hunt down was now at his mercy, and so he has choices to make. He could declare victory and go home, but nothing in his reflexes or rhetoric suggests that, having placed Saddam in a cage, he is inclined to leave his other promises unfulfilled. And so the latest in the series of tests of a President's instincts and motives comes to this: Does he trust the people he says he went to war to free to do the right thing? If a sense of justice is the necessary rock...
...With that approach to the hunt, says Megill, "it was basic investigative work."? During the last week of June and early July, reports Russell, the military became aware of a family of brothers believed to possess information about Saddam's whereabouts and to be helping protect him. They were identified by other Iraqis who were shown pictures - many of them seized in previous raids - of Saddam surrounded by cronies...
...government is still attempting to negotiate a cease-fire with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), whose 12,000 guerrillas are fighting to gain autonomy for sections of Mindanao. In earlier peace talks, the MILF foreswore any contact with JI, and its leaders say they will help Manila hunt down the group's members if they seek sanctuary within MILF territory...
...news meant that the man George Bush vowed to hunt down was now at his mercy, and so he has choices to make. He could declare victory and go home, but nothing in his reflexes or rhetoric suggests that, having placed Saddam in a cage, he is inclined to leave his other promises unfulfilled. And so the latest in the series of tests of a President?s instincts and motives comes to this: Does he trust the people he says he went to war to free to do the right thing? If a sense of justice is the necessary rock...