December 14, 2003

Got him!

Saddam has been captured! From ABC News: bq. Saddam Hussein, trapped in a cellar, dug a hole and buried himself as U.S. soldiers moved into the house where he was hiding, an Iraqi official said Sunday. bq. "The American soldiers had to use shovels to dig him out," Entifadh Qanbar, spokesman for Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi, told The Associated Press. Pictures: saddam-1.jpg saddam-2.jpg saddam-3.jpg He will probably end up coming before the new Iraqi Tribunal which was formed a few days ago. Amnesty International has issued the following condemnation of the Tribunal: "We are particularly concerned that the Iraqi Penal Code provides for the death penalty for crimes under the jurisdiction of the tribunal." Posted by DaveH at December 14, 2003 12:27 PM