2003-12-15 05:00:00奇異雄&芥末海倫

緊急新聞插播﹕ US captures Saddam

剛才看到的﹕SADDAM CAPTURED。

From correspondents in Baghdad
December 15, 2003

US forces captured Saddam Hussein hiding in a hole near his hometown in Iraq, sparking jubilation in Baghdad and giving a major boost to the US campaign to bring order to the country.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," US civil administrator Paul Bremer said, announcing the military operation, codenamed "Red Dawn", that snared the ousted dictator yesterday.

The former iron-fisted ruler, now wearing a dishevelled beard, was "just caught like a rat", according to a US Army General.