US Backs Down on Claim Saddam Bodyguard Caught

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

another lie exposed.

how many days before we find out that Saddam's sons
are still kicking ?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s912968.htm

US soldiers captured four loyalists of Saddam Hussein's Baath party in a pre-dawn raid in Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, north of Baghdad.

Dozens of US troops backed by air support swooped on at least two homes at 4:00am local time and nabbed four Baathists, including a possible brigadier general.

A military spokesman in Baghdad backed off from a claim he made earlier on Tuesday that one of the men was a bodyguard for Saddam.

"They're still under investigation," said Corporal Todd Pruden, retreating from the US army's previous statement.

The early morning raid came as US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage appeared to signal that only clean surrender could guarantee Saddam's survival and that he should be killed without hesitation if capturing him alive meant risking the lives of US soldiers.

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[MissouriTeacher]

1. More media-hype

:eyes: x infinity

[diplomats]

2. Yahoo still has the capture as a main story

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