From: "Randy H" 

IRANIANS "HAPPY" AT THE CAPTURE OF SADDAM HOSEYN

TEHRAN 14 Dec. (IPS) Iranians welcomed the arrest of Saddam Hoseyn, hoping
that this would help restoring peace and stability to Iraq and an end to
the Coalition occupation of the neighbouring nation.

Mr. Hoseyn was captured in a remote farm, in the Takrit region, few minutes
after midnight by a combination of American special forces and Kurd
Peshmerga of Mr. Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan, who is the present president of the American-installed Provisory
Council of Iraq.

"This is a good news for the people of Iraq, who suffered most from
the ruthless rule of this dictator and was has to hope also that with
Saddam Arrested, the Americans would also leave Iraq", Mr. Ali
Shakkoori Rad, a representative of Tehran to the Majles said, quoted by the
independent news agency ISNA.

"We are happy and thank God" commented briefly Admiral Ali
Shamkhani, the Defence Minister, the only official commenting the event,
more than 12 hours after it had been officially announced.

So far, there are no words from any Iranian official, but news agencies and
websites gave the news large coverage.

But expressing the thinking of the conservatives, Hojjatoleslam Taha
Hashemi, a cleric close to Ayatollah Ali Khameneh’i, the leader of the
Islamic Republic and Editor of the conservative daily "Entekhab"
told ISNA that the capture of Saddam had been "pre-arranged".

"The Americans knew where he was hiding, as they know where Ben Laden
is. But, because of electoral conditions, they had to wait for the best
moment to announce the capture", he said.

However, he hoped that the trial of the Iraqi dictator that imposed a
devastating war on Iran for eight years would be an occasion for the world
to learn about all the sufferings and crimes he imposed on the Iranians.

Mr. Shakkoori Rad also said Iranian observers must be present at the trial
of Saddam, that he said must take place in Iraq itself. ENDS SADDAM
CAPTURED 141203


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