Capture of Saddam Hussein - Wikipedia
Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq on 13 December 2003. Codenamed Operation Red Dawn, this military operation was named after the 1984 American film Red Dawn. [3]
Saddam Hussein - Wikipedia
Saddam Hussein [c] (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003. He previously served as the vice president of Iraq from 1968 to 1979 and also served as prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003.
Republican Guard (Iraq) - Wikipedia
The Iraqi Republican Guard (Arabic: حرس العراق الجمهوري, romanized: Ḥaras al-ʿIrāq al-Jamhūrīy) was a branch of the Iraqi military from 1969 to 2003, which existed primarily during the presidency of Saddam Hussein.
Operation RED DAWN nets Saddam Hussein - The United States Army
2013年12月6日 · On March 20th, 2003 Coalition troops invaded Iraq to oust dictator Saddam Hussein from power and free the Iraqi people. Within three weeks, US forces secured Baghdad, but Hussein had...
Operation Red Dawn: The Hunt for Saddam Hussein - SOFREP
2024年12月14日 · Capture the most wanted man in the world at the time—Saddam Hussein. This operation, codenamed Red Dawn, was the culmination of months of painstaking intelligence work, coordinated strikes, and...
Saddam Hussein | Military Wiki | Fandom
2015年12月6日 · Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Maǧīd al-Tikrītī; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and a convicted war criminal, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.
Here’s how the Army found and captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
2023年4月4日 · American intelligence agencies launched a country-wide manhunt for Hussein and other members of his regime. Some 600 operations were conducted over four months, but none came up with Hussein. The 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit began capturing and interrogating known associates and their family members for information on his location.
Saddam Hussein's Rise to Power - Encyclopedia.com
In 1959 Hussein was one of a group of Baath revolutionaries who tried to murder Iraq's military ruler, General Abdul Karim Qassem (1914–1963). When the assassination attempt failed, Hussein left Iraq in order to avoid capture. He fled to Syria and eventually settled in Cairo, Egypt, where he entered a university and studied law.
How U.S. Troops Captured Saddam Hussein In 2003 - All That's …
2023年12月3日 · Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. troops on December 13, 2003, after a nine-month search for the deposed Iraqi dictator and his top associates. The Iraqi dictator was later executed for crimes against humanity.
Saddam's choice of a defensive strategy to force a lengthy war of attrition was his best possible one, based on his hope that his enemies would lack the patience or courage to continue the war and also that domestic and international pressures would force his