![]() ![]() ![]() No mobile phones or other communications equipment were found, suggesting that Saddam Hussein was providing "moral support" and was no longer co-ordinating the Iraqi resistance, Major General Odierno added. The spokesman said it was likely he had been there for a short time when the "ultimate information" came from a member of a family brought in for questioning. "I think it was rather ironic that he was in a hole in the ground across the river from these great palaces that he has built, where he robbed all the money from the Iraqi people," Major General Odierno said.Īlthough the area had been searched before, it was likely Saddam Hussein had not been there, as he was thought to have moved often and at short notice. He said the hole was very close to the Tigris river, within view of some of the captive's palaces. Saddam Hussein would have moved from the building into the hole whenever coalition forces were in the area, Major General Odierno added. He said one was a bedroom that was cluttered with clothes, including new T-shirts and socks and a "very rudimentary" kitchen, with running water. Major General Odierno said the farm where the former leader was found consisted of "two very small rooms in an adobe hut". The underground chamber the former Iraqi leader had secreted himself in was six-to-eight feet (1.8 metres - 2.4 metres) deep, with enough space for a person to lie down, and an air vent and extractor fan. Two other people, believed to have formed Saddam Hussein's small entourage, were also captured and taken away for interrogation. "Regards from President Bush," US special forces replied, Major Reed recounted. I am the president of Iraq and I want to negotiate," he told the US troops in English, according to Major Bryan Reed, operations officer for the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. He put up no resistance although armed with a pistol. Saddam Hussein was pulled out at 2036, "disoriented" and "bewildered", according to Major General Ray Odierno, commander of the 4th Infantry Division. The individual clearly wanted to surrender," he said. The reporter is Cathy Halloran.Saddam Hussein was found in a carefully hidden holeĬolonel Hickey said that the soldiers looked into the hole and saw a figure inside it. Col Hickey last visited Cooraclare thirteen years ago and his relatives are now hoping that the man being hailed a hero will now make a return visit.Īn RTÉ News report broadcast on 15 December 2003. Jim Hickey senior had emigrated to Chicago in 1950. What's the big deal? We've got him and that's it. According to Bríd Hickey, Col Hickey was very calm about the whole thing. ![]() The family were surprised to hear that Col Hickey had led such an important mission in Iraq. News of his involvement was later confirmed with a telephone call from the Hickey family in Chicago. Mary Quealy had been making scones when a neighbour called to say that Col Hickey was after capturing Saddam. In Cooraclare, County Clare, Colonel James Hickey's aunt Mary Quealy said that all the family were relieved he was safe after such a dangerous mission. ![]() Col Hickey is the son of a man from County Clare, Jim Hickey. The son of man from Cooraclare led the operation in Iraq to capture Saddam Hussein.Ĭolonel James B Hickey was the man in charge of 'Operation Red Dawn' which resulted in US soldiers capturing Saddam Hussein. ![]()
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