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14 December 2003
STOP THE PRESS!! Morrison scores! Saddam is captured! Kwacky updates his blog! Yeah I know, I've been lazy. Saddam Found 'Saddam Hussein captured' (AP, Reuters) 14 December 2003 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein has been captured alive in his hometown of Tikrit, a member of the US-appointed Governing Council said on Sunday. Council member Dara Noor Al Din told the Associated Press that the council was informed of the former dictator’s capture in a telephone call from L. Paul Bremer, the US administrator for Iraq. “Bremer has confirmed to the Governing Council that Saddam was captured in Tikrit,” Noor al-Din said. “He spoke on the phone to several members, including Ahmad Chalabi.” Chalabi is a leading member of the council who has close links to the US administration of President George W. Bush. Earlier, the official Iranian news agency IRNA quoted PUK leader Jalal Talabani as saying that Saddam had been captured in his home town of Tikrit. “The American forces in Tikrit announced that Saddam was arrested on Sunday. The Americans said that they will announce the news officially in the next few hours,” IRNA quoted Talabani as saying. The news agency report was from Qasr-e Shirin in Iran across the border from Iraq. A Talabani aide said the Kurdish leader was in Teheran on his way to France. The US Defence Department said it could not confirm the report. Washington has made Saddam number one on its list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis, and placed a $25 million reward on his head. US officials had said Saddam, 66, had eluded American troops by moving every few hours, probably in disguise and aided by members of his clan. The capture of Saddam would be a major morale boost for US troops in Iraq, who have been under daily attack from shadowy guerrillas, some of whom they believe may have been directed by the former president from hiding. A US-led coalition toppled Saddam in April. His arrest would be a boost for US President George W. Bush, whose campaign for re-election next year has been imperilled by setbacks and casualties in Iraq Aljazeera report that it's Blair who confirmed his captured, whilst US Forces refuse to comment. Ananova and the BBC run with similar reports. 
I doubt if his capture will make matters any easier for the occupying troops. It's generally accepted that the more organised and devasting attacks are run by "outside" influences who oppose the US and her international policies. Blues finally win It's been a tough few weeks for Blues. The press finally notice us sitting pretty in 4th or 5th spot keeping so many clean sheets so we decide to prove a point and go for a run of 7 or 8 games with just one win and in the last 3 games letting in 10 goals with just one in reply. Although Leciester were reduced to 9 me (one elbow and one handall by their keeper about 10 yards outside his area) Blues took all 3 points and with goals by Morrison and Forssell and kept a lcean sheet in the process. With the league being so tight this season we had to turn things around. As I type a bottom of the table decided is being played - Villa V Wolves. Come on you dogheads ;-)  |
