SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCES
Saddam Hussein shown during a briefing at the Iraqi Forum in Baghdad, Dec. 14, 2003. Troops from the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein without incident. Saddam was found hiding in a storehouse at a remote farmhouse near Tikrit, Iraq. (UPI Photo/Defense Department)
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