Saddam Hussein's vice president captured

[QuietStorm]

story looks to have broke 6 or so hours ago. this came in 9 minutes ago

snip

(Baghdad, Iraq-AP) -- A northern Iraqi city yielded a key arrest today.

Former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan was captured by Kurdish forces in Mosul (MOH'-sul) and turned over to U-S forces.

A Kurdish source says Ramadan was disguised in traditional Arab peasant clothes when he was caught. The Kurds say he was -- quote -- "hiding among his relatives or colleagues."

http://www.fox23news.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=471A64A1-4F06-4A17-B2DD-6EA453CAA8CC

Reuters had it 6 or 7 hours ago (note different headline)

Saddam's Vice President Caught in Iraq, U.S. Says
Tue August 19, 2003 08:04 AM ET
By Huda Majeed Saleh

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Taha Yassin Ramadan, former vice president of Iraq and one of Saddam Hussein's closest allies, was in U.S. custody on Tuesday after being captured by Kurdish fighters and handed over to American troops.

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said it had tracked down Ramadan in Mosul -- the same city Saddam's feared sons Uday and Qusay were hiding in when U.S. troops killed them last month.

The PUK is one of two Kurdish groups in northern Iraq whose forces fought alongside American soldiers in the war to topple Saddam.

The Pentagon confirmed that Ramadan, number 20 on a U.S. list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis, had been captured. Washington says 38 of the people on the list have now been captured or killed. But Saddam himself remains on the run.

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3300271

Here is the recent googles:
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[jenk]

1. typical

they always report some capture after things go wrong in iraq

[Skittles]

4. jeez

it's all so PREDICTABLE.

[QuietStorm]

9. that was my first thought as well.

[Kellanved]

11. He was captured before things started going wrong today.

This thread is actually a dupe.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=72402&mesg_id=72402

[QuietStorm]

14. oh thanks for pointing that out. see what happens is

the pentagon gets caught in so many lies. hell! why can't we make it up too. It's all the explosions. The oil pipeline, water pipeline, UN in Bagdad, now the bus explosion in Jerusalem. Probably I should find a diversion for the next several hours. the news is starting to wig me out today.

[Barrett808]

2. Yes, I suspect Bu$hCo has had these guys for weeks

And are waiting to announce arrests to spin bad news.

[mjb4]

3. Uday and Cusay were textbook

stop making fun of me...HERE look what I got!

[htuttle]

5. I thought Tariq Aziz was 'Number 2'?

How many Vice Presidents did he have?

[Kellanved]

6. Aziz was deputy prime minister

eom

[Abe Linkman]

7. Was it Tariq? I thought it was this gentleman:

Osama. But what's the difference, they're all from the same family aren't they?

Where is Tariq, and why aren't they saying what he's said? Oh, I see. You mean they will, just as soon as the next Big Thing happens, and the folks need a little diversion. Okay, I see now.

[Kellanved]

8. Tariq is hospitalized in US custody

He was arrested in May.

http://www.deepikaglobal.com/latestnews.asp?ncode=5724

[QuietStorm]

10. Saddam had a million of em

it was a thing with him. someone did him a favor, in a good mood he made them a vp. in name only of course. you know how hospitality works with "those arabs" (sarcasm off)

[QuietStorm]

12. uday and qusay dolls might be a good brain scheme for matel

war on terrorism adversaries for GI Joe.

[ewagner]

13. dubya's remarks

I don't know the facts of where he was, what was going on. I'm really pleased that we've captured the vice president," Bush told reporters earlier. "Slowly but surely we'll find who we need to find. It's just a matter of time."

from yahoo news....

ya know...for a minute I thought he was talking about Cheney.........:evilgrin: