Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Saddam Hussein's Capture From a Rat Hole a Fabrication
That's according to this article.
I remember during that time hearing Saddam's relatives saying that the Americans must have drugged him...that he wouldn't have come out of that rat hole without a fight. I guess they were on to something:
Now I just wonder if Saddam really even looked that ratty, or if that was also for show.
On another note, Saddam's trial is due to take place some time before October, which is when Iraq is set to vote on a constitution.
Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S. Army.
"I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
I remember during that time hearing Saddam's relatives saying that the Americans must have drugged him...that he wouldn't have come out of that rat hole without a fight. I guess they were on to something:
He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from the window of a room on the second floor. Then they shouted at him in Arabic: "You have to surrender. ... There is no point in resisting."
Now I just wonder if Saddam really even looked that ratty, or if that was also for show.
On another note, Saddam's trial is due to take place some time before October, which is when Iraq is set to vote on a constitution.
