14.12.03: Capture of Saddam Hussein index | Gallery
December 14 2003: Key images of the arrest of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Image of captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein displayed at a news conference in Baghdad.
15.12.03: Saddam the prisoner
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In a small orange grove on a farm near the village of Adwar, US soldiers pulled back a tarpaulin to discover the entrance to Saddam Hussein's bolthole.
Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP
In pictures: Inside Saddam's lair
The US defence department playing card depicting Saddam Hussein as the Ace of Spades at the head of their most wanted list. Photograph: Getty
Iraq's most wanted: those captured
Image released by the US army of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in custody after having his beard shaved off following his arrest near his Tikrit home.
Chronology: Iraq timeline
Image of Saddam Hussein undergoing examination by US army officials following his arrest.
15.12.03: Images that went around the world
A sample is taken for DNA testing following the capture of Saddam Hussein.
15.12.03: How Saddam was captured
Paul Bremer, the senior US administrator in Iraq, smiles after announcing that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was captured, during a news conference in Baghdad. Photograph: Dusan Vranic/AP
Reaction to the capture
A sombre Tony Blair confirms the capture of Saddam Hussein to reporters and urges all factions in Iraq to seize this 'moment of great opportunity'. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Full text: prime minister's statement
Iraqis in Baghdad celebrate the news that their former dictator has been arrested. Photograph: Khaled Muhammed/AP
Audio: Salam Pax reacts (1min 47s)
An Arab man reads a newspaper with Saddam Hussein`s picture in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photograph: Kamran Jebreilt/AP
15.12.03: What the papers said
Members of the Iraqi Communist Party celebrate the capture of Saddam Hussein in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad. Photograph: Tyler Hicks/AP
15.12.03: 'The devil is caught'
A pair of Kansas City Chiefs fans celebrate the capture of Saddam Hussein during the Chiefs football game against the Detroit Lions. Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP
15.12.03: Coup may get Bush off the hook
Pedestrians in downtown Hong Kong watch TV footage of captured former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Photograph: Anat Givon/AP
15.12.03: How the world recated
A member of the youth organisation Palestinian Mini Parliament holds a picture of Saddam Hussein during a demonstration in support of the former Iraqi president at a refugee camp in Gaza. Photograph: Khalil Hamra/AP
15.12.03: Disbelief turns to quiet satisfaction
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