U.S. Says Saddam Likely Hiding in Tikrit
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September 5, 2003
(8:48 AM ET)
By Matt Kelley
Associated Press Writer
``This country has decades of doing things exactly the wrong way -- nationally governmentally owned and nationally controlled.''
A new trainee of the Iraqi Civil Defence Corps, (ICDC) on patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003. Following a three week U.S. training course, Iraqi militia returned to the streets of Saddam Hussein's home town, initially on light patrol and traffic duties.
Rob Griffith -- AP
TIKRIT, Iraq -- AP
Saddam Hussein probably is in hiding in or around his hometown of Tikrit, the commander of American troops there said Friday.
Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno said troops from the 4th Infantry Division had captured several of Saddam's former bodyguards in the past month.
``If he makes a mistake, we'll have him,'' Odierno said.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met in Tikrit with Odierno as part of his tour of Iraq. Rumsfeld also traveled to Mosul, where he met with local Iraqi officials and commanders of the 101st Airborne Division.
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