- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A
former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President
Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated.
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- Ex-Sgt. Nadim Abou Rabeh, of Lebanese descent, was quoted
in the Saudi daily al-Medina Wednesday as saying Saddam was actually captured
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, and not the day after, as announced by the U.S.
Army.
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- "I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of
Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour
near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not
in a hole as announced," Abou Rabeh said.
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- "We captured him after fierce resistance during
which a Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.
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- He said Saddam himself fired at them with a gun from
the window of a room on the second floor.Then they shouted at him in Arabic:
"You have to surrender. ...There is no point in resisting."
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- "Later on, a military production team fabricated
the film of Saddam's capture in a hole, which was in fact a deserted well,"
Abou Rabeh said.
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- Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon.
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- Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
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