Iraq War: The capture of Saddam Hussein

Witness History

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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It has been 20 years since the start of the Iraq War. On 13 December 2003 the deposed president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was captured by US forces. Muwafaq al Rubaie was asked to help to identify the former dictator, face-to-face. In this programme, first broadcast in 2012, he shares his memories of that time with Louise Hidalgo. (Picture: Saddam Hussein shortly after being captured. Credit: Getty Images)

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0:16.4	Hello, thanks for listening to this episode of the Witness History podcast from the BBC
0:23.8	World Service with me, Matt Pintas.
0:26.9	I'm bringing you a series of programs to mark the 20th anniversary of the beginning of
0:31.6	the Iraq War.
0:33.1	In December 2003, Iraq's former leader, Saddam Hussein, was finally caught by American
0:39.0	forces.
0:40.4	He was found hiding in an underground bunker.
0:43.2	Mao Afakal Rubai was asked to help identify the former dictator face-to-face.
0:48.4	In this program, first broadcast in 2010, he shared his memories of that time with Louise
0:54.1	Hidalgo.
0:55.8	Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
1:01.9	Paul Bremer was America's man in Iraq.
1:04.7	Eight months after the invasion, Bremer finally announced to the world that the man the
1:09.3	Americans had wanted to catch above all others.
1:12.3	Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein, was now in American hands.
1:17.2	Saddam Hussein was captured Saturday, December 13th at about 8.30 pm local in a cellar
1:24.0	in the town of Adwar, which is about 15 kilometers south of Tukrit.
1:29.1	I want to say a few words to the people of Iraq.
1:33.4	This is a great day in Iraq's history.
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