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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]
During his 24 years in office, Saddam charged his secret police with protecting his power and terrorizing the public, without consideration of human rights for the nation’s citizens.
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.
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.
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...
“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.
Former Iraq President Saddam Hussein had been in hiding for almost a year until U.S. forces captured him outside the city of Tikrit in a military operation known as Operation Red Dawn.