Saddam Captured!

This is great news!

The officials said the former leader, who during his rule slept in lush palaces while many ordinary Iraqis lived in poverty, was found "cowering" in a basement in a home raided by coalition soldiers. The sources said coalition forces were "testing" the person believed to be Saddam to confirm his identity.

News of the potential capture made its way around Iraq like wildfire, with Iraqis in Tikrit and the capital city, Baghdad, celebrating the news by firing guns into the air.
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In Iraq, rumors that Saddam was captured or killed near Tikrit sent hundreds of exultant people into the streets of this northern Iraqi city Sunday. They fired in the air in celebration and congratulated each other.

Update, 9:00 a.m. CST: Regarding the early morning tv coverage of Saddam's capture, the tv heavy weights, Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw were up and broadcasting. But, Peter Jennings was absent from the tube this morning. I suppose this just wasn't the type of news about Iraq he would have preferred to cover. I understand Al Jazeera downplayed the incident, too.

Other news sources are waking up to the story. This morning at around 5:20 a.m. Google News had "55 related" articles on the subject. Now there are 165.

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[Redman]

Catching Saddam hiding in a spider hole:

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