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12-14-2003, 07:54 AM
Oh I know it's a whole lot of nothing /images/graemlins/smile.gif but:
Blair Welcomes Capture of Saddam Hussein (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/britain_iraq_saddam&cid=540&ncid=716)
Blair Welcomes Capture of Saddam Hussein
10 minutes ago
LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) confirmed Sunday that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) had been captured alive in Iraq (news - web sites), saying in a statement that Saddam was apprehended Saturday night.
"I very much welcome the capture last night of Saddam Hussein," the prime minister, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s closest ally in the Iraqi war, said in a statement released by his office. "This is very good news for the people of Iraq. It removes the shadow that has been hanging over them for too long of the nightmare of a return to the Saddam regime."
"This fear is now removed," the statement continued. "It also gives an opportunity for Saddam to be tried in Iraqi courts for his crimes against the Iraqi people. We should try now to unite the whole of Iraq in rebuilding the country and offering it a new future."
Blair added, "I pay tribute to the work of the coalition intelligence and military forces in capturing him."
The prime minister faced substantial domestic opposition for his decision to commit British troops to the Iraq war and is sure to get a major political boost from the reported capture.
Blair Welcomes Capture of Saddam Hussein (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/britain_iraq_saddam&cid=540&ncid=716)
Blair Welcomes Capture of Saddam Hussein
10 minutes ago
LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites) confirmed Sunday that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) had been captured alive in Iraq (news - web sites), saying in a statement that Saddam was apprehended Saturday night.
"I very much welcome the capture last night of Saddam Hussein," the prime minister, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites)'s closest ally in the Iraqi war, said in a statement released by his office. "This is very good news for the people of Iraq. It removes the shadow that has been hanging over them for too long of the nightmare of a return to the Saddam regime."
"This fear is now removed," the statement continued. "It also gives an opportunity for Saddam to be tried in Iraqi courts for his crimes against the Iraqi people. We should try now to unite the whole of Iraq in rebuilding the country and offering it a new future."
Blair added, "I pay tribute to the work of the coalition intelligence and military forces in capturing him."
The prime minister faced substantial domestic opposition for his decision to commit British troops to the Iraq war and is sure to get a major political boost from the reported capture.