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Saddam Hussein was captured this morning. He was found hiding in a basement of a farmhouse and surrendered peacefully. It's ironic that he surrendered in this manner, because his sons died in a hail of gunfire, as well as his "loyal" troops. When push came to shove, he was the one that was a coward.
I wonder how long it'll be before another one of those "I'm alive and well" videos pop up from Saddam?
I wonder how long it'll be before another one of those "I'm alive and well" videos pop up from Saddam?
. i'm 1/2 Kurdish, 1/2 Belgian - very random mix! but yeah, i gotta say we're pretty darn happy. My dad has too many horrible stories of growing up there. One example was a night when the Iraqi army came by, house by house, to kill the kurds - and the only reason my dad's family was spared was b/c one of the soldiers recognized my dad when they opened the door, and since they had been friends the soldier said "there are no kurds here" and they moved on... they killed the men in other houses, raped the women in the streets. my dad went to school the next day and most of his friends never showed up. my dad's uncle, an old man who was not even politically involved, was a respected man in the community, a teacher, and the iraqi army told him they wanted him to speak against the kurds - he said no, he wanted to stay out of it, he'd keep his mouth shut. one day walking down the street they shot him in the back of the head. So yeah, today is a good day! 
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