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Operation Red Dawn
Part of the Iraq War
Samir, a 34-year-old Iraqi-American military interpreter who helped find Saddam and pull him from his hideaway in December 2003.
Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno Col. James Hickey Lt. Col. Steve Russell
Date
13 December 2003; 20 years ago (2003-12-13)
Executed by
4th Infantry Division
1st Brigade Combat Team
Task Force 121
C Squadron – Delta Force
ISA
Outcome
Operational success
Capture and arrest of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and two others[2]
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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]
The mission was executed by joint operations Task Force 121—an elite and covert joint special operations team, supported by the 1st Brigade Combat Team (led by Colonel James Hickey) of the 4th Infantry Division, commanded by Major General Raymond Odierno.
They searched two sites, "Wolverine 1" and "Wolverine 2", outside the town of ad-Dawr, but did not find Saddam. A continued search between the two sites found Saddam hiding in a "spider hole" at 20:30 hrs local Iraqi time. Saddam did not resist capture.[4]
^"Ad Dawr - Site of Saddam Hussein's Capture". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^"Saddam Hussein captured". The Guardian. Associated Press. 14 December 2003. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
^"Red Dawn imitated art". USA Today. 17 December 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^Freeman, Colin (16 December 2003). "From lavish palaces to a hole in the ground". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
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