Word: saddamism
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...Other implications of Saddam?s capture are less clear. Will it encourage Bush to reach out to other European allies to help in the policing and reconstruction of Iraq, or will he be encouraged to stick to his current course? And how will this victory affect Bush?s re-election campaign in 2004 - and, perhaps more to the point, the campaigns of the Democratic candidates, including front runner Howard Dean, who want to replace...
...team of 600 soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division and U.S. special forces that acted on the tip that Saddam was hiding in a little town called al-Dawr, 15 miles from his hometown of Tikrit. These soldiers had been scouring the area for months in the belief that he would stay close to home, where loyalty among those who most benefited from his rule still ran deep. U.S. intelligence sources tell Time that over the past month they were getting better leads. ?In the last three to four weeks, our forces have been able to capture people...
...with the launch of Operation Red Dawn, that they finally began to close in on the prize. The hunters spread out across two locations, labeled Wolverine One and Wolverine Two. Locals in al-Dawr say the house is owned by Qais al-Nameq, who was a personal attendant of Saddam who returned a few years ago. His two sons were arrested along with Saddam. These residents say al-Nameq was arrested and the second location the Americans searched was his farm. At first, the searches of a rural farmhouse, however, turned up little that was suspicious. But after all these...
...Atlantic coast that could have prevented his attending a special Christmas show taping the next day. Bush called Adnan Pachachi, the acting president of the Iraqi governing council, to congratulate him; as they were trying to get him on the cell phone Pachachi was with Bremer at Saddam?s holding location. He couldn?t take the phone immediately because he was berating the fallen dictator...
...Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,? Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, tears in his eyes, told the news conference, which erupted in cheers. ?Iraq?s future, your future, has never been more full of hope. The tyrant is a prisoner.? From the first moment the American video of Saddam in custody began rolling, Iraqi journalists stood and screamed. Some yelled, ?Kill him! Kill Saddam.? The people of Baghdad caught the spirit of hope and pain, firing bullets into the sky and throwing candy, lighting firecrackers in the street. ?They got Saddam!? ?The devil is gone.? It was like a wedding...