
Ex-Marine Says Public Version of Saddam Capture Fiction

SOURCE:
United Press International
A former U.S. Marine who participated in capturing
ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public
version of his capture was fabricated.
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.
"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.
"We captured him after fierce resistance during which a
Marine of Sudanese origin was killed," he said.
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."
"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.
Abou Rabeh was interviewed in Lebanon.
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