WE GOT HIM

James Joyner · Sunday, December 14, 2003 · 4 Comments

Those were the opening words to Paul “Jerry” Bremer’s announcement and also the headline of Rob “Acidman” Smith’s post at 5:23 AM. Great minds think alike, I guess.

If the reaction of the Iraqis at the press conference is any indication–think an Arabic version of the Arsenio Hall audience–there’s going to be a lot of partying in the streets.

And the video of a disheveled Saddam being given a medical exam was a brilliant stroke. A picture was indeed worth a thousand words in this case.

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Kathy K says:

Sunday, December 14, 2003 at 08:38

My headline was just “GOT HIM!”

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Deb says:

Monday, December 15, 2003 at 03:33

Great minds? I hope you were being ironic. (See trackback).

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Backcountry Conservative says:

Sunday, December 14, 2003 at 12:01

End of the Road for Saddam
American Forces Press Service has the full story of the capture of Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit. Michele has more including links to Iraqi bloggers who are overjoyed at the news and links to commenters on Howard Dean’s…

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Deborama says:

Monday, December 15, 2003 at 03:41

The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization
Elizabeth I (1588)
Abraham Lincoln (1863)
Winston Churchill (1940)
Paul Bremer (2003)

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