commanders as bewildered and disoriented, is captured without resistance.Ībout 9:15 p.m. Saturday: Saddam is found hiding at the bottom of the hole, which was about six to eight feet deep and wide enough space for a person to lie down inside. Within a walled compound, a "spider hole" is detected, its entrance covered by Styrofoam and a carpet.Ĩ:30 p.m. In the next few minutes, forces find a suspicious location near one of the target sites. They cordon the area and begin an intensive search. Saturday: Coalition forces raid the two sites, but initially fail to find Saddam. Saturday: Under cover of darkness, the forces quickly begin moving toward the suspected hiding place.Ībout 8 p.m. Army's 4th Infantry Division along with coalition Special Forces units are assigned to kill or capture Saddam.Ībout 6 p.m. About 600 soldiers from the First Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. military officials receive information from a family with close personal ties to Saddam Hussein that he may be hiding in one of two locations near the town of Adwar, about 10 miles south of his hometown of Tikrit. All events are Baghdad time, unless otherwise noted:ġ0:50 a.m. 15, 2003 - Following is a chronology of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's capture by U.S. President Bush speaks at the White House about Saddam's capture, Dec. 14, 2003, of the entrance to an underground hole at a farm near Tikrit where military officials say Saddam Hussein was captured. military photo of Saddam Hussein after his capture, issued Dec.
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