December 13 in History
2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit
Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military forces in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq on this day in 2003 in a military manoeuver codenamed Operation Red Dawn, after the 1984 American film Red Dawn.
The mission was executed by joint operations Task Force 121—an elite and covert joint special operations team, supported by the 1st Brigade Combat Team (led by Colonel James Hickey) of the 4th Infantry Division, commanded by Major General Raymond Odierno.
They searched two sites, ‘Wolverine 1’ and ‘Wolverine 2’, outside the town of ad-Dawr, but did not find Hussein. A continued search between the two sites found Hussein hiding in a ‘spider hole’ at 20:30 hrs local Iraqi time. Hussein did not resist capture.
-Wikipedia
Photo Caption – Iraqi-American, Samir, 34, pinning deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the ground during his capture in Tikrit, on December 13, 2003. Samir was the translator for the US Special Forces that helped find Hussein and pull him from his hiding place. Samir later met with US President Bush and thanked him for liberating Iraq –Wikipedia
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