Ex-Marine says Bush Version of Saddam Capture is BS

[COUNTRYBUMPKIN]

I myself have often wondered about this

Ex-Marine - Bush Version
Of Saddam Capture Is BS
NewKerala.com
3-9-5

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.

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.

"We captured him after fierce resistance during which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.

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."

"Later on, a military production team fabricated the film of Saddam's capture in a hole, which was in fact a deserted well," Abou Rabeh said.

Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon.

Copyright 2005 by United Press International.

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[jlxian]

One version I heard about his "capture" is that the Kurds found him, and put him in the "hole" and after they informed us our troops went in and made the "official" capture.

It would be interesting to hear from someone who has connections to the group that is credited with or actually caught Sadaam.

[homesteadmamma]

I personally don't think it matters how he was caught but that he was caught and is now behind bars where he should be.

[COUNTRYBUMPKIN]

Originally posted by homesteadmamma
I personally don't think it matters how he was caught but that he was caught and is now behind bars where he should be.

Now this is very true CJ