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I never heard the brutal details of the capture of Saddam Hussein from a Delta Force soldier
The dreaded Iraqi dictator, now still yellow, hid in a pitiful den and breathed through a thin tube. The American commandos pulled him out and then took the gun. It was also revealed what they told him.
Retired Sergeant Major Kevin Holland spoke surprisingly openly about Hussein’s arrest on December 13, 2003, and the events surrounding it – written by Ladbible.com.
Holland left the SEALS in 1999 after a 20-year career and joined the Army after the 9/11 attacks.
Barely two decades after the secret mission, Hollander revealed that the Delta Force team told the former Iraqi president, “President Bush sends his regards.” All this when the visibly worn Iraqi dictator was pulled out of the hole that was being used as a hiding place.
In the Jack Carr podcast, Hollander revealed that in late 2003, the team followed a tip to a farmhouse in a small farming town near Tikrit, where the dictator was hiding in a hole, armed with a Glock 18.
The hole was camouflaged, covered with leaves and sand, and stuffed with Styrofoam. The terrified leader breathed through a small tube, and with Holland’s squad, he began to open the den, which was lined with bricks. To lure out the person hiding, they threw in a grenade and then heard Arabic speech.
“Then hands reached out, the head of a man with matted hair appeared, then we grabbed him and pulled him out and saw that yes, it was him,” he said.
A member of the commando even hit him to hand over the gun he had, which Holland says is now in the possession of former President George W. Bush.
Hussein tried to negotiate with the squad and, speaking in English, confessed who he was.
“He said he was the president of Iraq and he was ready to negotiate,” Holland recalled.
We answered him, “This ship has gone, my brother.”
“You could feel that this wasn’t some powerful person, this was just an evil guy. It was quite disheartening,” Holland said.
Hussein was the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. His rule was marked by the trampling of human rights and a brutal dictatorship, including an estimated 250,000 murders.
After his capture, he was brought to trial in November 2006 and convicted of crimes against humanity. He was hanged on December 30, 2006.