What the records say
- When
- 13 Dec 2003
- Kind
- Military operation
- Deaths
- 0
- Coordinates
- 34.47° N, 43.78° E
- Description
- 2003 U.S. military operation in the Iraq War
Capture of Saddam Hussein
2003 U.S. military operation in the Iraq War
Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq, on 13 December 2003. The military operation to capture him was codenamed Operation Red Dawn, after the 1984 American film Red Dawn.
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