For nine months after Baghdad fell, Saddam Hussein was a ghost. Intelligence agencies chased rumors across three provinces. He moved between safe houses, grew a beard, and clung to the delusion that his loyalists would restore him.
They found him in a hole.
On December 13, 2003, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division pulled back a rug in a mud-brick farmhouse near Tikrit and uncovered a styrofoam plug. Beneath it, a hole barely large enough for a man. Inside, disheveled and disoriented, crouched the dictator who had once gassed entire villages. He had a pistol. He did not use it. "I am Saddam Hussein," he said. "I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate." The soldier's reply was simple: "President Bush sends his regards."
Tyrants always end the same way — small, cornered, and stripped of everything they stole. Justice finds them.
At {BUSINESS_NAME} in {CITY}, we believe accountability is not negotiable. You stand behind your work, your word, your name.
America at 250: justice still finds the hiding places.
#USA250 #Justice #Accountability #NoHiding #{CITY}
They found him in a hole.
On December 13, 2003, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division pulled back a rug in a mud-brick farmhouse near Tikrit and uncovered a styrofoam plug. Beneath it, a hole barely large enough for a man. Inside, disheveled and disoriented, crouched the dictator who had once gassed entire villages. He had a pistol. He did not use it. "I am Saddam Hussein," he said. "I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate." The soldier's reply was simple: "President Bush sends his regards."
Tyrants always end the same way — small, cornered, and stripped of everything they stole. Justice finds them.
At {BUSINESS_NAME} in {CITY}, we believe accountability is not negotiable. You stand behind your work, your word, your name.
America at 250: justice still finds the hiding places.
#USA250 #Justice #Accountability #NoHiding #{CITY}
Historical Event
Capture of Saddam Hussein, December 13, 2003
Story Angle
justice
