Saddam's spider hole
from Emperor Misha at the
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler a link to a wonderful story from
The Soldiers for The Truth website:
bq. How are the mighty fallen – II Samuel 1:25
bq. “He was just caught like a rat” was how Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of the 4th Infantry Division, described the capture of Saddam Hussein. Caught like a “sewer rat” is closer to the truth.
bq. That’s because in all likelihood the hole in which Saddam was hiding was not a specially built “spider hole” as commentators and even many soldiers believed.
bq. Based on my own recent work in Iraq, I know that Saddam Hussein’s last place of refuge was a septic tank.
bq. During my tour in Iraq, I managed 75 reconstruction projects with the 4th Infantry Division in the “Sunni Triangle” near to where Saddam was captured. These projects included sewage disposal and sewage treatment systems, along with the refurbishment and construction of many septic tank systems. The cramped underground chamber next to the hut where Saddam had been hiding matches a common septic tank design found everywhere in Iraq.
Heh...
Posted by DaveH at December 19, 2003 12:52 PM