Saddam Hussein‘s Capture in Pictures.

[JasonH]

U.S. President George W. Bush addresses the nation about the capture of former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein in the Cabinet Room of the White House, December 14, 2003. Bush said on Sunday that Saddam Hussein would face justice and that his capture brought a hopeful day to Iraq but that it would not spell the end of violence in Iraq.

Captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein speaks in this image from television.

Saddam Hussein is filmed during his medical exam.

Indian college students watch a television showing footage related to Saddam Hussein‘s capture at a hostel in Allahabad, India.

British based Iraqis celebrate the capture of Iraq‘s ousted President Saddam Hussein in central London.

 

[JasonH]

An Iraqi youth displays a victory sign following the news of the arrest of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad Iraq.

Iraqis dance in the street following the news of the arrest of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad Iraq.

Iraqi men celebrate the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by U.S. forces in Baghdad.

A soldier from the 4th Infantry Division guards $750,000 U.S. dollars seized during the arrest of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, during a press conference in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003. Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division arrested Saddam on Saturday in the town of Ad Dwara, just outside Tikrit. The background shows a picture of the house where Saddam Hussein was found.

 

[JasonH]

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters watch a news report of the capture of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein‘s capture by U.S. forces, in Mosul, Iraq.

An unidentified man watches television news reports relating to the capture of Saddam Hussein in an electronic goods shop in Bangalore, India.

An Iraqi policeman celebrates with a child after the capture of Saddam Hussein, under the Freedom statue in Baghdad, the former site of a toppled Saddam Hussein statue.

 

[JasonH]

A photo of a freshly groomed Saddam Hussein after his capture is shown during a press conference in Baghdad.

Kuwaiti citizens Mohammed Ali (R) and Jassim Gallaf (L) give a thumbs up as they listen in Kuwait City, to the news of the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Britain‘s Prime Minister Tony Blair gives a news conference inside 10, Downing Street, London, following the capture of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Iraqis celebrate the capture of Saddam Hussein under the Freedom statue in Baghdad.

Residents of Samawah, Iraq, 150 miles south of Baghdad, celebrate Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, at the news of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein‘s capture.

An Iraqi journalist shouts out at a news conference following the arrest of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Baghdad December 14, 2003. Cheering Iraqis in the audience shouted ‘Death to Saddam!‘ Iraq‘s former Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, in U.S. custody for seven months, helped to confirm the identity of Saddam Hussein after his capture.

 

[Korus]

He looks so pathetic that you‘d feel sorry for him, if you didn‘t know who he was.

But since we do know who he is, too ****ing bad for him.

 

[JasonH]

The farmhouse under which American forces found former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit.

 

[Redneck052]

I have a quick question. Why was it such an outrage when Iraq showed their American POWs on TV. But it is nothing wrong for the Americans to show their POW? I believe the capture of Saddam Hussein is a great accomplishment. He should be tried and sentenced for the crimes that he has committed. But why id there a ‘double standard‘ when it comes to parading POWs?

 

[winchable]

They have yet to give him POW status, so they don‘t have to treat him like a POW, for the most part they have but they don‘t have to.
The official reason for showing the pictures was to show the people of Iraq that Saddam was off the street and out of their lifes, that was what Rumsfeld said anyways.
It also seems that they would show them, to show the Iraqi people that he is nothing more then a sad old man, and that he cannot harm them anymore.

 

[Bert]

Taking that perspective, you make a good point and you could be right. In another perspective, the USA could SAY they captured Saddam and the world public would then ask for proof. Saddam isn‘t any old POW. The video doesn‘t depict ill treatment, pre-empts mass confusion, and sends a message to the many sides of the conflict.

 

[Bert]

Taking that perspective, you make a good point and you could be right. In another perspective, the USA could SAY they captured Saddam and the world public would then ask for proof. Saddam isn‘t any old POW. The video doesn‘t depict ill treatment, pre-empts mass confusion, and sends a message to the many sides of the conflict.