Word: tyrants
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...country broken in pieces that we will be helping rebuild for years to come. And so what is the gift this capture has bought? Perhaps a true taste of freedom from fear for 25 million people who could never quite have faith that the tyranny was over while the tyrant was still loose. It was an antidote to the contempt expressed by Arab and European commentators who poked the American tiger: See, you can't even catch Saddam. "This is very good news for the people of Iraq," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday. "It removes the shadow...
...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...
...Tyrant in Custody Eight months after the fall of Baghdad, the fugitive ex-leader is nabbed by U.S. troops near his hometown of Tikrit...
...Dissent: Tyrant Should Answer to World
...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...