December 14, 2003

December 14, 2003

=December 14, 2003=

* Occupation of Iraq:
** Iraq's Civil Administrator L. Paul Bremer announces that Saddam Hussein was captured by US forces. Saddam was found approximately 15 km south of his home town of Tikrit at 2030 local time on December 13. Hussein was captured without resistance in a so-called "spider-hole" at a farmhouse in the town of ad-Dawr. He is in Coalition custody at an undisclosed location. At a press conference, Bremer presents video of Saddam in custody with a full beard, which is later shown removed. Bremer says that Saddam is in good health and is being "co-operative and talkative". He says that Saddam will "face justice" before an Iraqi court and under Iraqi law. [http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FQJLXKS0VTLAWCRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=421992&section=news] [http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=4516] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317429.stm] [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/14/sprj.irq.main/]
**In an address to his nation, US president George W. Bush comments on the capture of Saddam, "Now the former dictator of Iraq will face the justice he denied to millions." [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031214-014908-7612r.htm]
**British Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomes the capture of Saddam, urging the Iraqi people "to reach out and to reconcile." Other world leaders offer similar sentiments: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov says that the arrest "will contribute to the strengthening of security in Iraq and to the process of political regulation in the country," while UN Secretary General Kofi Annan comments that Saddam's capture provides a chance "to give fresh impetus to the search for peace and stability in Iraq". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3319097.stm] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3317971.stm]
** A car bomb explodes at a police station in Khaldiyah, 60 km west of Baghdad, killing at least 17 and wounding 30. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/3317245.stm]
* Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes a bombing. "The president's motorcade passed a minute before the blast", according to officials. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64187-2003Dec14.html]
* In an interview with "The Washington Post" newspaper, a 78-year-old African-American Los Angeles woman claims to be the illegitimate daughter of the late U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60363-2003Dec12.html]
*The famous Italian opera house La Fenice in Venice reopens after being destroyed by fire in 1996. It was rebuilt at the cost of 90mn. [http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=215989]
*Jason White, quarterback of the University of Oklahoma Sooners, wins the Heisman Trophy, awarded to the best player in college football. [http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpNWZic251BF9TAzI1NjY0ODI1BHNlYwN0aA—?slug=ap-heismantrophy&prov=ap&type=lgns]


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