Saddam Hussein was captured on December 13, 2003, by United States forces near his hometown of Tikrit in Iraq.

Quick Scoop

  • Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, was found hiding in an underground “spider hole” near the town of Ad-Dawr, close to Tikrit.
  • The raid was a U.S. military operation code-named Operation Red Dawn and involved several hundred American troops and special operations forces.
  • His capture marked a major turning point in the Iraq War, symbolically ending his attempts to evade coalition forces after the fall of Baghdad earlier in 2003.

Many people who followed the Iraq War remember the famous announcement “We got him!” which was made shortly after the operation’s success.

TL;DR: Saddam Hussein was captured on December 13, 2003, during Operation Red Dawn near Tikrit, Iraq.

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