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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: LindyBill who wrote (108309)7/27/2003 12:06:32 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Getting closer...

SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD BEEN IN HOUSE RAIDED IN TIKRIT - CNN (11:39am 07/27/03)

U.S. troops come close to catching top Saddam bodyguard
boston.com

TIKRIT, Iraq - (AP) U.S. soldiers said they missed catching Saddam Hussein's security chief and possibly the former Iraqi president himself by a mere 24 hours early Sunday, while a U.S. Marine was killed in a grenade attack south of Baghdad.

Troops stormed three farms in Tikrit, Saddam's hometown, in simultaneous pre-dawn raids after receiving a tip that Saddam's new security chief was staying at one of the farm houses, said Lt. Col. Steve Russell, who led the operation by the of the 4th Infantry.

''We missed him by 24 hours,'' Russell said, adding that residents told soldiers that the man they sought had been at one of the farm houses.....
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