It wasn’t until June 2003 that the US military had credible enough information regarding Saddam’s whereabouts. His expertise was invaluable throughout the nine-month hunt for Saddam, who, it seemed, might never be found. In the wind-up to the US-led invasion in March of that year, Samir took a translator test and quickly returned to Iraq, working for a civilian contractor. Samir found work in an auto-parts shop and lived a quiet Midwestern American life until early 2003, when it became clear the United States was about to invade Iraq. He spoke very little English and had less than $10 to his name, but he was fascinated by America, most of his knowledge coming from Clint Eastwood movies. He spent over three years languishing in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia until finally, in early 1994, Samir was relocated to St. COLONEL SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE FULLHe was part of the uprising in 1991, but when US forces withdrew, Saddam unleashed the full force of his military power against the Shiite rebels - Samir’s uncles and cousins among them. Samir is an Iraqi native who was granted political asylum after the first Gulf War. Steve Russell has included the unaltered photo, in which Saddam’s captor, known only as Samir, looks right at the camera, his expression a palpable mixture of anger and joy. In the new book “We Got Him! A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein” (Threshold Editions), author and former Lt. He was an Iraqi native-turned-American-translator, and not that long ago, Saddam had killed his relatives and thrown his father in jail. Turns out that serviceman wasn’t a soldier, or even American. In the years since, it’s floated around the Web, but unless you’ve gone looking for it, you’ve probably seen the most circulated version, in which the face of the US serviceman holding a freshly excavated Saddam Hussein is blurred. With his extensive journal notes, combat reports, and painstaking research, Steve Russell has preserved the story as only someone who lived the experience can do.It’s one of the defining images of the Iraq War, the capture of Saddam Hussein by US forces on Dec. It also provides a rare look at the enemy side of the action. This is the definitive account of this major historical event and of the sacrifice that made it happen. Packed with rare photos and insider information, We Got Him! chronicles the day-by-day search and the successes and dead ends as regular and special-operations soldiers tore into Saddam's social networks. Steve Russell and his men of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Square in the middle of the search, living in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, were Lt. Here is the riveting account of a grand human saga that tested every element of character and fortitude: the six-month manhunt that ended at a hole on the bank of the Tigris River, and the blow-by-blow plays of the actual raids that netted Saddam, culminating in the electrifying quote heard around the globe, "We Got Him!" No other event in Operation Iraqi Freedom caught the attention of the world like the hunt for and capture of Saddam Hussein. It was a brilliant example of history repeating itself in the most positive way less than a decade earlier, the capture of Saddam Hussein, a triumph of military strategy in and of itself, opened the door for the most recent and essential victory in the War on Terror. forces exterminated Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, the world cheered not only the death of the 9/11 terrorist mastermind but the unmatched might, skill, and perseverance of America's military elite. Steve Russell presents a compelling firsthand account of the actual raids that led to the capture of Saddam Hussein.
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