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Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph I. Lieberman pronounced his continued support for the war in Iraq and said that the capture of Saddam Hussein will ensure a safer future for America and the world, on a special bonus episode of MSNBC’s “Hardball: Battle for the White House” last night...
...Search for Saddam...
...corner of Saddam's underground hiding place were a handful of q-tips. In another, a black plastic bag. An electric fan was installed in one wall next to a small ventilation shaft, which emerged above ground a few feet away from the entrance. It's hard to imagine the confines could provide its inhabitant with a feeling of security, much less power, or anything other than a sense of claustrophobia, especially when the Styrofoam block is lowered into the entrance way, then covered with a rubber mat, a cloth rug, and dirt-as it was when Special Operations Forces...
...intelligence scoop was the end result of a shift in the military's approach to tracking Saddam that began taking shape in mid-summer. Instead of trying to wring information out of high ranking members of his regime, they began focusing on lower-level functionaries and a small number of families that were believed to be aiding and protecting Saddam. Saddam's so-called "right hand man," who provided valuable information to the search, had been captured in the early morning hours of Dec. 12 in Baghdad. His name has thus far been withheld, but military officials have said that...
...area already cordoned off, Special Forces soldiers began searching other houses in the area, particularly those amidst the trees on the banks of the Tigris River. They did an initial inspection of three houses, then returned to each for a closer look, keeping in mind a tip that Saddam might be hiding in an underground bunker. On the second time through the property where he was found, perhaps five strides inside the front gate, a soldier kicked away some dirt from a spot that looked odd-a spot on top of which a soldier had stood during the first pass...