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U.S. soldiers from the 1st Brigade of the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division guard the entrance to the farmhouse where former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein hid near Tikrit, Iraq, Dec. 15 2003. Members of the 1st Brigade and U.S. Special Forces captured Hussein at the site during a raid Dec. 13.

A view of the place where Saddam Hussein was arrested during a raid in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, is seen in this image released Dec. 14, 2003. Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division arrested Saddam in the town of Adwar, just outside Tikrit.

Dirty dishes sit atop a makeshift sink and a stove in a hut where former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was living before hiding in his spider hole, Dec. 15, 2003. Saddam was found hidden in the hole, just meters away from the kitchen, by U.S. troops from the 4th Infantry Division.

U.S. soldiers demonstrate the removal of the cover of the spider hole used by Saddam Hussein before his capture, Dec. 15, 2003.

A U.S. soldier demonstrates access to the spider hole used by Saddam Hussein before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

U.S. soldiers demonstrate access to the spider hole used by Saddam Hussein before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

A U.S. soldier stands in the bedroom used by Saddam Hussein before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

Debris litters the kitchen used by Saddam Hussein before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

A plastic sandal and fruit lie on the ground, as a U.S. soldier stands in the courtyard of the farm where Saddam Hussein lived before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

A U.S. soldier stands at the entrance of the farm where Saddam Hussein was living before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003. The blue letter on left is not an arabic letter -- a U.S. army officer said that it could be a code.

A U.S. soldier, left, stands at the entrance to the bedroom where Saddam Hussein was living before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003. Quran verse over the door reads " By the name of God, graceful and merciful."

An unidentified U.S. soldier looks at a sign painted at the entrance of the farm where Saddam Hussein was living before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003. The blue letter at right is not an arabic letter, but a U.S. army officer said that it could be a code.

U.S. soldiers stand on the land overlooking the farm where Saddam Hussein was living before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

Dirty dishes sit atop a makeshift sink and a stove in a hut where U.S. soldiers captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Adwar, Dec. 15, 2003.

A U.S. soldier stands in front of the bedroom, left, and the open kitchen where Saddam Hussein was living before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

U.S. soldiers stand outside an open kitchen, in the courtyard of a farm where Saddam Hussein was living before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

A plastic sandal, fruit and dustbins lie on the ground at the farm where Saddam Hussein was living before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003.

U.S. army commander Colonel James B. Hickey, 1st Brigade Combat Team, U.S. Army 4th infantry division, of Chicago, Ill., in front of the farm where Saddam Hussein was hiding before he was captured, Dec. 15, 2003. Colonel Hickey was the top officer in charge of the raid.

Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein entered and left his underground hiding place near his home town of Tikrit through this small hole in the ground, seen Dec. 15, 2003.

A reporter holds a traditional Arab men's robe found in a hut at a farm where U.S. soldiers captured former Iraqi lerader Saddam Hussein, Dec. 15 2003.