US Navy Seal reveals what his team told Saddam Hussein after being captured in Iraq
Tyrant Saddam Hussein was told: “President Bush sends his regards” as he was captured by US forces.
The Iraqi dictator had been on the run for nine months when the elite team found him bearded and haggard in his underground lair.
Emerging from his hiding place just outside his home town of Tikrit, he was quickly disarmed and his gun was sent to then-US President George W Bush.
The details emerged as retired US Army Master Sergeant Kevin Holland, part of the team that tracked down the fugitive, spoke for the first time about the arrest on December 13, 2003.
He said: “We had some human intel that showed us exactly where it was.
"They had a big Styrofoam plug they’d put in and then cover it with leaves and dirt, sand, and it had a pipe for air. [We] just dug it away, pulled it up, and sand fell in.”
The team threw in a stun grenade and Hussein, then 66, emerged.
