News reports that Saddam has been arrested in Tikrit.

No official confirmation from the US or UK yet.

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[ 12-14-2003, 05:20 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]

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Fine. This should improve Iraq stability in the next months.

I don't think so. Not as long as Western troops remain in Iraq.

CNN is reporting that there is a "high degree of confidence" that it's Saddam, however the US officials seem to be leaving an "it wasn't him" option open.

Paul Brenner says: "We got him". Official press conference held in baghdad at about 15.15 local time

[ 12-14-2003, 07:24 AM: Message edited by: B_part ]

I don't think so. Not as long as Western troops remain in Iraq. </font>[/QUOTE]Saddam was behnd a sizeable part of the attacks against cohalition troops. With him out, things should stabilize a bit. No point in getting killed because of the orders of someone who will never come back to see if you carried them out, don't you think?
Of course the attacks inspired by Islamistic radical groups will not cease.

About time.
Im watching it on TV now.
Man he looks stupid with a beard, you can barely even recognise him.
I dont know how he lived as long as he did in that little cave/Hole.

Thats the point, isn't it?

I don't think so. Not as long as Western troops remain in Iraq. </font>[/QUOTE]Saddam was behnd a sizeable part of the attacks against cohalition troops. With him out, things should stabilize a bit. No point in getting killed because of the orders of someone who will never come back to see if you carried them out, don't you think?
Of course the attacks inspired by Islamistic radical groups will not cease. </font>[/QUOTE]We don't know yet if he personally directed the attacks or if he just desperately tried to hid from the Coalition's troops. We'll have to wait and see what the interrogations with him will reveal.