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Saddam hussein capture picture3/21/2023 Some Islamist politicians would try to woo US forces by offering to build churches or memorials for US soldiers killed in Iraq. I also saw shameful things including politicians selling their homeland and its people to the US," he said. "While I worked for the US I saw many things that would make Iraqis proud. The interpreter worked for the 101st Airborne Division of the US army between 20. Saddam was captured in what US forces called Operation Red Dawn, near the Iraqi city of al-Dour in Salahuddin province.įiras Ahmad also told al-Araby al-Jadeed about his experience before he left Baghdad to travel to Washington via Erbil. US soldiers also apparently altered Saddam's appearance while he was unconscious, before taking pictures and sending them to Washington. Saddam's capture was fabricated to humiliate him. It is similar to other holes found in homes in areas above the Tigris river, and was used to keep water pumps in. US soldiers then incapacitated him by throwing knockout gas grenades.Ī US army captain told Ahmad the picture of Saddam in a hole was taken after his capture. The dictator did not resist and opened the door as dozens of soldiers were trying to kick it down. Reportedly, the bunker contained weapons, a bed, a prayer mat, a copy of the Quran, dry food, and tobacco. The US captured one of Saddam's bodyguards who revealed its location. While there I learned Saddam was not found in a hole as claimed by the official US account," the Iraqi explained.Īhmad said Saddam was actually found in a reinforced underground bunker beneath a modest-looking rural house, that Saddam had turned into his headquarters. I was there to translate for Iraqi politicians expected to attend the event. "Two days after Saddam was captured, a celebration was held for US commanders at the Rehab Palace. Saddam was actually found in a reinforced underground bunker beneath a modest-looking rural house. The interpreter stayed with his aunt for several days before deciding to leave Iraq for good.Īhmad gave al-Araby al-Jadeed new details about the capture of the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in December 2003. Ahmad's return to Baghdad was, as expected, not easy.Īn Iranian-backed militia had made his father's house their headquarters, and his brothers had left after he was named as a collaborator. ![]() He was granted US citizenship under a bill approved by the US Congress in 2007 to grant special immigration visas leading to citizenship for Iraqis who worked for the US army in Iraq. one of those, Firas Ahmad, a 41-year-old Iraqi interpreter, has given al-Araby al-Jadeed details, previously secret, about this period.Īhmad recently returned to Iraq briefly, five years after leaving for the US. Mystery continues to surround the fall of Baghdad to US-led coalition forces 12 years ago, and events that followed.īut some have more insight than others into key events.
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