![]() ![]() Saddam Hussein, shown after being found in a hole near his home town, Tikrit, was the brutal leader of Iraq from 1979 until 2003.In Baghdad, Iraqi children celebrate in the streets after the capture of Saddam Hussein. He could be living in northern Afghanistan or Pakistan. President Bush has said he wants bin Laden "dead or alive." It is believed that bin Laden is still alive, but even that is not 100 percent certain. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is the other man "most wanted" by the U.S. Osama bin Laden, who is thought to be responsible for the Sept. He might be put on trial for what are called "war crimes," including the torture of his own people. ![]() government hopes that the capture will make it easier for a new Iraqi government to be put together. In a speech yesterday, President Bush warned that Hussein's capture might not end the attacks by Iraqis who don't want the United States to be in their country. It's hard to say for sure, but the Iraqi people lived in fear of Saddam Hussein for so long that many would not believe that he wasn't going to come back to power unless he was captured or killed. What does his capture mean for the war in Iraq? The United States has not found any weapons of mass destruction since the war started in February, although there has been lots of evidence that Hussein killed or hurt thousands of Iraqi people. They are called "weapons of mass destruction" because they can kill many people at one time. Part of the reason the United States led the 2003 war against Iraq was the belief that Iraq had been making weapons illegally. But many of the inspectors believed he was hiding weapons from them. To stay in power, Hussein agreed to do certain things, including allowing inspectors to come into his country and make sure he didn't have any illegal weapons. The United States and other countries quickly defeated the Iraqi army but Saddam Hussein was allowed to stay in power. The ousted Iraqi dictator and members of his family fled Baghdad after the US invaded the city in March 2003. George Bush (the current president's father) was president then. Associated Press US forces captured Saddam Hussein on December 13, 2003. The United States and other countries attacked Iraq in 1991 after Iraq invaded the small country of Kuwait to try to get that country's oil. The United States has gone to war against Iraq twice in the last 12 years. Hussein, 66, had been the leader of Iraq since 1979. Remind me, why did we want Saddam Hussein out of power in the first place? Saddam Husseins hiding place in which he was found and captured. forces, given a medical checkup and apparently is talking to his captors. Download App Template Page Saddam Hussein Hiding Memes Create Meme Create Meme A. Then they saw a mud hut and found a hole covered over with bricks. Forces were sent in, but at first didn't find him. military got word that Hussein might be in one of two places in northern Iraq. He was hiding in a six-foot-by-eight-foot hole on a farm, not far from Tikrit, Iraq, his home town. (When the government put together a "deck of cards" of the most wanted people in Iraq, Saddam Hussein was the ace of spades.) Tracy Grant explains what happened and what this big news story means. Getting Hussein is a huge deal for the United States. soldiers cheered and Iraqi people celebrated in the streets when they heard the news. But for those first few months, it looked really cool on TV.The former Iraqi leader was captured alive and unhurt by U.S. It took us nine years to extract ourselves from the civil war we created. Soldiers patrolled the roads because insurgents planted IEDs. Insurgents planted IEDs because soldiers patrolled the roads. The real story of the Iraq war had already begun. ![]() Video of his dental exam was shown on TV. Saddam Hussein was captured on December 13, 2003. Bush landed a fighter plane on an aircraft carrier and declared Mission Accomplished on May 1, 2003. As The New Yorker's Peter Maass explains, it was started by American troops and stage-managed. This iconic moment gave us a sense that we'd won. It was replayed on all the networks - on CNN every 7.5 minutes that day, as ProPublica explains, and on Fox News every 4.4 minutes. The giant statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square, right next to where all the reporters were staying, was toppled on April 3, 2003. troop movements live on Fox News in late March, and was kicked out of Iraq. Geraldo Rivera, like so many reporters, was super excited to cover a real war. Baghdad time: The invasion begins to "shock and awe." Cool live bombs on TV! Here are seven GIFs that show the craziness that swept the country 10 years ago. But when you look back at, say, the invasion of Iraq, it's hard not to think the country could have benefitted from a little mass mockery to puncture the madness. Ĭrusty old reporters like to complain that the Internet, Twitter, memes, GIFs, and whatever are ruining journalism and America. This article is from the archive of our partner.
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