Saddam Hoessein gearresteerd ?

Descartes Jr · 14 december 2003, 11:13

Iraans persbureau meldt arrestatie van voortvluchtig ex-president Saddam Hoessein uit het buurland Irak.

Amerikaanse bronnen ontkennen noch bevestigen ...

Malinwa · 14 december 2003, 11:43

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Amerikaanse bronnen ontkennen noch bevestigen ...

...maar ze zijn zeer optimistisch en gaan waarschijnlijk DNA onderzoek uitvoeren volgens Jamie McIntyre, CNN Correspondent.

Tis te hopen da ze hem hebben gepakt.
Let dan maar op de economie morgen.
Beurzen zullen hopelijk stijgen....

maar tot nu toe, nog geen bevestiging.

Darwin · 14 december 2003, 11:58

(CNN) -- Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has possibly been captured in a raid near his hometown of Tikrit, U.S. officials say.

However, the officials told CNN on Sunday that the identity of the individual, who was one of a number of suspected insurgents caught, was still being confirmed.

A coalition news conference in Baghdad, scheduled for 1200 GMT (7 a.m. ET), is expected to shed more light on whether the Iraqi leader was captured.

The raid was based on intelligence that Saddam was at a particular location in the area, the officials said.

The former Iraqi leader is number one on the coalition's 55 most wanted list, and his evasion has been a political sore spot for the U.S. administration.

At least a dozen audiotapes believed to have been recorded by Saddam, 66, have been released since he was forced out of power by the coalition forces during the Iraq war. The most recent was broadcast in November.

filosoof · 14 december 2003, 12:03

[size=5]Saddam Hussein Arrested - Kurdish Official [/size]
Sun December 14, 2003 05:33 AM ET

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been arrested, an Iraqi Kurdish representative in Iran said on Sunday, but the Defense Department said it could not confirm the report.
"I confirm that Saddam has been arrested," Nazem Dabag, representative in Iran of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), told Reuters.

The official Iranian news agency IRNA quoted PUK leader Jalal Talabani as saying that Saddam had been captured in his home town of Tikrit.

"The American forces in Tikrit announced that Saddam was arrested on Sunday. The Americans said that they will announce the news officially in the next few hours," IRNA quoted Talabani as saying.

The news agency report was from Qasr-e Shirin in Iran across the border from Iraq. A Talabani aide said the Kurdish leader was in Tehran on his way to France.

The Defense Department said it could not confirm the report. Washington has made Saddam number one on its list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis, and placed a $25 million reward on his head.

U.S. officials had said Saddam, 66, had eluded American troops by moving every few hours, probably in disguise and aided by members of his clan.

The capture of Saddam would be a major morale boost for U.S. troops in Iraq, who have been under daily attack from shadowy guerrillas, some of whom they believe may have been directed by the former president from hiding.

A U.S.-led coalition toppled Saddam in April. His arrest would be a boost for President Bush, whose campaign for re-election next year has been imperiled by setbacks and casualties in Iraq.

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washingtonpost.com
Reports: Hussein Possibly Captured

By Bradley Graham
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 14, 2003; 5:56 AM

U.S.troops in a raid in Tikrit Iraq last night captured an Iraqi identified as Saddam Hussein, officials in Baghdad and Washington said early this morning.

Dara Noor Din, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, told the Associated Press that the council was informed of the former dictator's capture in a telephone call from L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator for Iraq.

"Bremer has confirmed to the Governing Council that Saddam was captured in Tikrit," Noor Din said. "He spoke on the phone to several members, including Ahmad Chalabi."

A U.S. military offiical also said Hussein was found in a raid on a house in Tikrit.

Tikrit is Hussein's hometown and U.S. forces have centered their search for him there.

© 2003 The Washington Post Company

boer_bavo · 14 december 2003, 12:09

Ik zou het toch straf vinden moesten ze hem echt in Tikrit aangehouden hebben, zoals hier gezegd wordt:
linkje
Ik zou denken dat hij naar het buitenland gevlucht was.

filosoof · 14 december 2003, 12:13

U.S. believes Saddam captured

(CNN) --Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is believed to have been captured in a raid near his hometown of Tikrit, U.S. military officials say.

However, the officials in Washington told CNN on Sunday that the identity of the individual, who was one of a number of suspected insurgents caught, was still being confirmed.

The person in U.S. custody was disguised in a fake beard when he was captured in the basement in a Tikrit building, Ahmad Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress said.

Hours after the word leaked out on the possible capture, there were volleys of what was perceived to be celebratory gunfire in Baghdad.

A coalition news conference in Baghdad, scheduled for 3 p.m (1200 GMT), is expected to shed more light on the status of the Iraqi leader.

A briefing in Madrid by the Iraqi Governing Council president and Spanish foreign minister was also expected shortly.

The raid was based on intelligence that Saddam was at a particular location in the area, the officials said.

Video following that raid -- exclusively shot by CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh -- showed a group of U.S.-led coalition soldiers patting each other on the back -- apparently in celebration -- and taking group photos in front of a military vehicle.

The 66-year-old longtime Iraqi leader was number one on the coalition's 55 most wanted list, and his evasion has been a political sore spot for the U.S. administration.

The Iraq war began on March 19 when U.S. forces launched a "decapitation attack" aimed at the Iraqi president and other top members of the country's leadership.

Hours later, a defiant Saddam wearing a military uniform appeared on Iraqi television to denounce the U.S.-led military campaign as "criminal" and to say his countrymen would be victorious.

At least a dozen audiotapes believed to have been recorded by Saddam, 66, have been released since he was forced out of power by the coalition forces during the Iraq war. The most recent was broadcast in November.

His sons Uday and Qusay -- also on the coalition's most wanted list -- were killed in July, after U.S. forces stormed their hideout in Mosul.

Initial hopes that their father would soon be found faded in the months following that raid.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, has been dogged by reporters wanting to know the status of the search for Saddam.

"It is difficult to find him," Sanchez said, at a press briefing earlier this month. "Given that I haven't found him killed him or captured him, and I need the Iraqi people's help, and together we will find him, we will capture him, we will kill him."

The announcement comes on the same day that 20 people were killed and 32 wounded by a car bomb outside an Iraqi police station west of Baghdad, an Iraqi police officer told CNN.

Sixteen policemen were among those killed in Sunday's explosion at Khaldiyah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Iraqi capital, the officer added. (Full story)

-- CNN Senior Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre and CNN Baghdad Bureau Chief Jane Arraf contributed to this report

Find this article at:
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/me...ain/index.html

thePiano · 14 december 2003, 12:20

Ik ben benieuwd wat er nu zal gebeuren en wat de VS met Sadam gaan aanvangen. Het beste zou zijn om hem in Irak te laten berechten door de Irakezen zelf en levenslang opsluiten.

Anders zal de golf van anslagen in Irak maar vooral elders in de wereld blijven voortduren en misschien nog wel toenemen.

Hopelijk besluiten de VS om nu maar snel hun soldaten terug te trekken uit Irak. Dat is ook mijn pronostiek vermits de populariteit van Bush below zero is op het moment.

Vlaamse Leeuw · 14 december 2003, 12:22

De Amerikanen geven een persconferentie om 13.00. We zullen wel zien wat ze dan zeggen.

thePiano · 14 december 2003, 12:43

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De Amerikanen geven een persconferentie om 13.00. We zullen wel zien wat ze dan zeggen.

"N-VA in het belang van 6.000.000 Vlamingen en 2.000 forumgebruikers!" ?

Trek er dan maar al ene af, ik zal wel zelf uitmaken wat voor mij belangrijk is

Distel · 14 december 2003, 12:53

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De Amerikanen geven een persconferentie om 13.00. We zullen wel zien wat ze dan zeggen.

"N-VA in het belang van 6.000.000 Vlamingen en 2.000 forumgebruikers!" ?

Trek er dan maar al ene af, ik zal wel zelf uitmaken wat voor mij belangrijk is

Inderdaad, want censuur staat niet in het programma van de N-VA.

Darwin · 14 december 2003, 13:02

Nu kan men niet meer beweren dat de Amerikanen Saddam (en Osama Bin Laden ?) expres hebben laten ontkomen.

Spelev · 14 december 2003, 13:13

Begin nog geen feesjes te bouwen Saddam heeft genoeg dubbelgangers wie weet wou hij een van zijn Dubbelaars laten vangen zodat de amerikaanen niet meer naar hem gingen zoeken.

C uit W · 14 december 2003, 13:23

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Anders zal de golf van anslagen in Irak maar vooral elders in de wereld blijven voortduren en misschien nog wel toenemen.

Er zijn sinds 1981 nog nooit zo weinig aanslagen geweest. Dat is vooral de media die aan negatieve beelvorming doen.Maar ik hoop wel dat de inwoners van Irak minder bang zullen zijn om naar voren te treden en de democratie in dat land kunnen helpen opbouwen.

PAJOT · 14 december 2003, 13:30

Het is vooral een spijtige zaak voor de Iraakse vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath-partij.

Descartes Jr · 14 december 2003, 13:37

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Het is vooral een spijtige zaak voor de Iraakse vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath-partij.

Bah, die mogen nu terug uit hun holen kruipen en eindelijk een deftige maaltijd verorberen in een gesoigneerde gevangenis

zillox · 14 december 2003, 14:18

Eindelijk...
Het dna bevestigd dat hij het is. Nu maar zorgen dat het land terug op peil komt. 8)

TomB · 14 december 2003, 14:24

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Het is vooral een spijtige zaak voor de Iraakse vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath-partij.

Vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath partij. Is dat hoe de Europese media ze beschrijven?

C uit W · 14 december 2003, 14:41

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Het is vooral een spijtige zaak voor de Iraakse vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath-partij.

Vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath partij. Is dat hoe de Europese media ze beschrijven?

Indirect, ja, eigenlijk wel.

A · 14 december 2003, 14:45

Saddam gearresteerd : de nieuwe homevideo . Net voor Kerstmis in de winkel .

T zou natuurlijk eindelijk eens een succesje zijn voor de Yanks maar of t echt Saddam is , dat weet ik toch niet zo . DNA , oké , maar daar kan men ook in foefelen . De VSA foefelden heel de aanloop naar de oorlog en tijdens de oorlog door en nu zouden ze zo zeker eerlijk laten verlopen ? Ik heb nog steeds mijn twijfels .

By the way ; onmiddlellijk wordt er een video rondgestuurd waarop we een saddam zien .

Want met beelden kan je "alles" en "iedereen" overtuigen hé .

Nee , ik heb mijn twijfels nog of Saddam echt wel in de doos zit .

Nu die andere paljas nog vinden hé , den Osama hé . En niet te vergeten ; Saddams MASSA VERNIETIGINGSWAPENS , want daar was de oorlog toch om te doen hé .

Enfin , we zullen zien hoe het verder verloopt .

A · 14 december 2003, 14:47

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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door TomB

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Het is vooral een spijtige zaak voor de Iraakse vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath-partij.

Vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath partij. Is dat hoe de Europese media ze beschrijven?

redenering ;

Hun land wordt bezet , zij verzetten zich daar tegen ==> het zijn vrijheidstrijders .

Vrijheidstrijders verkopen ook zeer goed in de media

; t heeft nog steeds iets bewonderingswaardigs , om niet te zeggen romantisch .

anyway , niet mijn gedacht .

14 december 2003, 12:09	#5
boer_bavo Europees Commissaris Geregistreerd: 28 februari 2003 Locatie: Podgorica Berichten: 6.351	Ik zou het toch straf vinden moesten ze hem echt in Tikrit aangehouden hebben, zoals hier gezegd wordt: linkje Ik zou denken dat hij naar het buitenland gevlucht was. __________________ [SIZE=1][/SIZE]

14 december 2003, 12:20	#7
thePiano Perm. Vertegenwoordiger VN Geregistreerd: 20 augustus 2002 Locatie: Antwerpen, 't Stad van Alleman Berichten: 18.172	Ik ben benieuwd wat er nu zal gebeuren en wat de VS met Sadam gaan aanvangen. Het beste zou zijn om hem in Irak te laten berechten door de Irakezen zelf en levenslang opsluiten. Anders zal de golf van anslagen in Irak maar vooral elders in de wereld blijven voortduren en misschien nog wel toenemen. Hopelijk besluiten de VS om nu maar snel hun soldaten terug te trekken uit Irak. Dat is ook mijn pronostiek vermits de populariteit van Bush below zero is op het moment. __________________ "Ik bewandel het rechte pad dat, zoals u weet, niet bestaat en ook niet recht is." (Fred Vargas in 'Un lieu incertain' - 2008)

14 december 2003, 12:22	#8
Vlaamse Leeuw Europees Commissaris Geregistreerd: 10 mei 2003 Locatie: Vlaanderen Berichten: 6.048	De Amerikanen geven een persconferentie om 13.00. We zullen wel zien wat ze dan zeggen. __________________ N-VA voor 6.000.000 Vlamingen!!!

14 december 2003, 14:45	#19
A Gouverneur Geregistreerd: 29 juli 2003 Locatie: Dat is voor mij een weet en voor u een onbekende Berichten: 1.301	Saddam gearresteerd : de nieuwe homevideo . Net voor Kerstmis in de winkel . T zou natuurlijk eindelijk eens een succesje zijn voor de Yanks maar of t echt Saddam is , dat weet ik toch niet zo . DNA , oké , maar daar kan men ook in foefelen . De VSA foefelden heel de aanloop naar de oorlog en tijdens de oorlog door en nu zouden ze zo zeker eerlijk laten verlopen ? Ik heb nog steeds mijn twijfels . By the way ; onmiddlellijk wordt er een video rondgestuurd waarop we een saddam zien . Want met beelden kan je "alles" en "iedereen" overtuigen hé . Nee , ik heb mijn twijfels nog of Saddam echt wel in de doos zit . Nu die andere paljas nog vinden hé , den Osama hé . En niet te vergeten ; Saddams MASSA VERNIETIGINGSWAPENS , want daar was de oorlog toch om te doen hé . Enfin , we zullen zien hoe het verder verloopt . __________________ EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT * EINIGKEIT MACHT STARK * L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE - Sport, Opium van en voor het Volk - Even ter herrinering: de meerderheid in een democratie is 50+1 op 100. Het VB haalt in VL ongeveer 25 op 100

14 december 2003, 11:13	#1
Descartes Jr Banneling Geregistreerd: 24 november 2002 Locatie: Vielsalm Berichten: 9.794	Iraans persbureau meldt arrestatie van voortvluchtig ex-president Saddam Hoessein uit het buurland Irak. Amerikaanse bronnen ontkennen noch bevestigen ...

14 december 2003, 11:58	#3
Darwin Banneling Geregistreerd: 14 augustus 2002 Berichten: 5.668	(CNN) -- Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has possibly been captured in a raid near his hometown of Tikrit, U.S. officials say. However, the officials told CNN on Sunday that the identity of the individual, who was one of a number of suspected insurgents caught, was still being confirmed. A coalition news conference in Baghdad, scheduled for 1200 GMT (7 a.m. ET), is expected to shed more light on whether the Iraqi leader was captured. The raid was based on intelligence that Saddam was at a particular location in the area, the officials said. The former Iraqi leader is number one on the coalition's 55 most wanted list, and his evasion has been a political sore spot for the U.S. administration. At least a dozen audiotapes believed to have been recorded by Saddam, 66, have been released since he was forced out of power by the coalition forces during the Iraq war. The most recent was broadcast in November.

14 december 2003, 12:03	#4
filosoof Banneling Geregistreerd: 22 mei 2003 Locatie: Brussel Berichten: 49.496	[size=5]Saddam Hussein Arrested - Kurdish Official [/size] Sun December 14, 2003 05:33 AM ET TEHRAN (Reuters) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been arrested, an Iraqi Kurdish representative in Iran said on Sunday, but the Defense Department said it could not confirm the report. "I confirm that Saddam has been arrested," Nazem Dabag, representative in Iran of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), told Reuters. The official Iranian news agency IRNA quoted PUK leader Jalal Talabani as saying that Saddam had been captured in his home town of Tikrit. "The American forces in Tikrit announced that Saddam was arrested on Sunday. The Americans said that they will announce the news officially in the next few hours," IRNA quoted Talabani as saying. The news agency report was from Qasr-e Shirin in Iran across the border from Iraq. A Talabani aide said the Kurdish leader was in Tehran on his way to France. The Defense Department said it could not confirm the report. Washington has made Saddam number one on its list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis, and placed a $25 million reward on his head. U.S. officials had said Saddam, 66, had eluded American troops by moving every few hours, probably in disguise and aided by members of his clan. The capture of Saddam would be a major morale boost for U.S. troops in Iraq, who have been under daily attack from shadowy guerrillas, some of whom they believe may have been directed by the former president from hiding. A U.S.-led coalition toppled Saddam in April. His arrest would be a boost for President Bush, whose campaign for re-election next year has been imperiled by setbacks and casualties in Iraq. z z washingtonpost.com Reports: Hussein Possibly Captured By Bradley Graham Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 14, 2003; 5:56 AM U.S.troops in a raid in Tikrit Iraq last night captured an Iraqi identified as Saddam Hussein, officials in Baghdad and Washington said early this morning. Dara Noor Din, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, told the Associated Press that the council was informed of the former dictator's capture in a telephone call from L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator for Iraq. "Bremer has confirmed to the Governing Council that Saddam was captured in Tikrit," Noor Din said. "He spoke on the phone to several members, including Ahmad Chalabi." A U.S. military offiical also said Hussein was found in a raid on a house in Tikrit. Tikrit is Hussein's hometown and U.S. forces have centered their search for him there. © 2003 The Washington Post Company

14 december 2003, 12:13	#6
filosoof Banneling Geregistreerd: 22 mei 2003 Locatie: Brussel Berichten: 49.496	U.S. believes Saddam captured (CNN) --Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is believed to have been captured in a raid near his hometown of Tikrit, U.S. military officials say. However, the officials in Washington told CNN on Sunday that the identity of the individual, who was one of a number of suspected insurgents caught, was still being confirmed. The person in U.S. custody was disguised in a fake beard when he was captured in the basement in a Tikrit building, Ahmad Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress said. Hours after the word leaked out on the possible capture, there were volleys of what was perceived to be celebratory gunfire in Baghdad. A coalition news conference in Baghdad, scheduled for 3 p.m (1200 GMT), is expected to shed more light on the status of the Iraqi leader. A briefing in Madrid by the Iraqi Governing Council president and Spanish foreign minister was also expected shortly. The raid was based on intelligence that Saddam was at a particular location in the area, the officials said. Video following that raid -- exclusively shot by CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh -- showed a group of U.S.-led coalition soldiers patting each other on the back -- apparently in celebration -- and taking group photos in front of a military vehicle. The 66-year-old longtime Iraqi leader was number one on the coalition's 55 most wanted list, and his evasion has been a political sore spot for the U.S. administration. The Iraq war began on March 19 when U.S. forces launched a "decapitation attack" aimed at the Iraqi president and other top members of the country's leadership. Hours later, a defiant Saddam wearing a military uniform appeared on Iraqi television to denounce the U.S.-led military campaign as "criminal" and to say his countrymen would be victorious. At least a dozen audiotapes believed to have been recorded by Saddam, 66, have been released since he was forced out of power by the coalition forces during the Iraq war. The most recent was broadcast in November. His sons Uday and Qusay -- also on the coalition's most wanted list -- were killed in July, after U.S. forces stormed their hideout in Mosul. Initial hopes that their father would soon be found faded in the months following that raid. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. ground forces in Iraq, has been dogged by reporters wanting to know the status of the search for Saddam. "It is difficult to find him," Sanchez said, at a press briefing earlier this month. "Given that I haven't found him killed him or captured him, and I need the Iraqi people's help, and together we will find him, we will capture him, we will kill him." The announcement comes on the same day that 20 people were killed and 32 wounded by a car bomb outside an Iraqi police station west of Baghdad, an Iraqi police officer told CNN. Sixteen policemen were among those killed in Sunday's explosion at Khaldiyah, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the Iraqi capital, the officer added. (Full story) -- CNN Senior Military Affairs Correspondent Jamie McIntyre and CNN Baghdad Bureau Chief Jane Arraf contributed to this report Find this article at: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/me...ain/index.html

14 december 2003, 13:02	#11
Darwin Banneling Geregistreerd: 14 augustus 2002 Berichten: 5.668	Nu kan men niet meer beweren dat de Amerikanen Saddam (en Osama Bin Laden ?) expres hebben laten ontkomen.

14 december 2003, 13:13	#12
Spelev Minister Geregistreerd: 13 december 2003 Locatie: Brabant Berichten: 3.199	Begin nog geen feesjes te bouwen Saddam heeft genoeg dubbelgangers wie weet wou hij een van zijn Dubbelaars laten vangen zodat de amerikaanen niet meer naar hem gingen zoeken.

14 december 2003, 13:30	#14
PAJOT Banneling Geregistreerd: 13 juni 2003 Berichten: 6.792	Het is vooral een spijtige zaak voor de Iraakse vrijheidsstrijders van de Baath-partij.

14 december 2003, 14:18	#16
zillox Burger Geregistreerd: 19 juni 2003 Locatie: Beringen Berichten: 173	Eindelijk... Het dna bevestigd dat hij het is. Nu maar zorgen dat het land terug op peil komt. 8)