Bush administration officials in support of its policy of regime change in Iraq. The former leader reportedly maintained that he did not collaborate with Al-Qaeda, as had been suggested by George W. inspectors back into Iraq,' according to the reports. weapons inspections because he 'was more concerned about Iran discovering Iraq’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities than the repercussions of the United States for his refusal to allow U.N. Saddam denied repeated assertions by his interrogator of a current weapons of mass destruction capability in Iraq, yet had resisted U.N. ĭetailed questioning covered the Iran–Iraq War and his use of chemical weapons against Iranians. Saddam, identified as 'High Value Detainee #1' in the documents, was the subject of 20 'formal interviews' followed by five 'casual conversations.' Questioning covered the span of Saddam's political career, from 2003 when he was found hiding in a ' spider hole' on a farm near his home town of Tikrit, back to his role in a failed 1959 coup attempt in Iraq, after which he had taken refuge in the very same place, one report noted. Freedom of Information Act request filed by the National Security Archive. Standard FBI FD-302 forms filed at the time were declassified and released in 2009 under a U.S. Beginning in February 2004, the interrogation program, codenamed Operation Desert Spider, was controlled by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents. The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein began shortly after his December 2003 capture, while the deposed President of Iraq was held at the United States Camp Cropper detention facility at Baghdad International Airport. That pistol in its case is now displayed in the Bush Presidential Library in Dallas.Saddam Hussein shortly after capture, after being shaved to confirm his identity It stayed in his White House office until he was succeeded by Barak Obama.

The pistol was taken to Washington and presented to President George Bush. That pistol was put in a case, and we all signed the back of it. One member of our group found it and turned it in. Morton told the group, “Hussein was carrying a pistol tucked into his waist. He was taken back to his palace in Tikrit for questioning. Hussein was captured on December 13, 2003. Morton said, “I looked at him in that moment and said, ‘it’s him!’”

A couple of our guys grabbed him and pulled him out of the hole.” An interpreter screamed ‘come out’ then someone moved forward.

There was a hole, but we could not see Hussein. He described what happened, “We popped the lid. “We dug in the flower bed and handles popped up,” said Morton. Morton said, “Once we got there the description given by the source did not match the location, so he was asked ‘Where is the bunker?’ and the source indicated under a flower bed.” Morton described the events leading to the capture, including the assembly of the team, getting the search authorized, and taking the source with them to show the exact location where Hussein was supposed to be hiding. Morton said, “Through an interpreter we asked him ‘Where is he” and he quickly flipped and told them Hussein was in one of two locations. It was known that Mohammad was a close associate. Morton said a source of information named Mohammad was questioned or Hussein’s location. That he was pulled from a small underground bunker. He noted that Hussein was taken without a shot being fired. He described his Army career and the capture to the Rotary Club in great detail. Retired Sergeant Major Jeremy Morton was a member of the team that captured Hussein. He had fled to the farm after his government was toppled by US and allied forces in 2003. They captured Saddam Hussein hiding in a small underground bunker on his family farm near Tikrit, Iraq. Members and visitors to the Mansfield Rotary Club meeting on Wednesday heard from a member of Delta Force.

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