Saddam Hussein in an image from a video broadcast on Iraqi television Friday, March 21, 2003. Saddam has been captured alive in his hometown of Tikrit, announced a member of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council Sunday, December 14, 2003. Council Member Dara Noor al-Din told The Associated Press that the council was informed of the former dictator's capture in a telephone call from Paul Bremer, U.S. administrator of Iraq. [AP]

A night raid in Tikrit last night. Multiple high-level sources have confirmed that coalition troops captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in a raid in his hometown of Tikrit. [AFP]

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein delivers his Army Day speech Sunday, January 6, 2002, in Baghdad. [AP/File Photo]

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