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The United States confirmed Sunday that it captured deposed Iraqi dictator near his hometown of Tikrit on Saturday.
'Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,' U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer said to clapping and cheering at a press conference. 'This is a great day in Iraq's history,' he said. 'The tyrant is a prisoner.'
A bearded Saddam Hussein, burying himself in a cellar floor in an attempt to hide from U.S. troops, was captured alive Saturday night near his hometown of Tikrit, American officials said."
quote ... [ "Modern art history gets going more or less around the same time as the invention of chemical photography, and by then, if you were a British or a German academic, where were you going to want to be spending your summers, in dilapidated industrial Bruges or amidst the golden rolling hills of Tuscany?" ] ... un-quote
... interesting and informative article regarding hockney's theory that the old masters were using lots of lenses and mirrors to aid their skills ...
the border security fence comprises many sections, totalling scores of miles. Some sections are concrete, others sheet metal ... the barrier is three layers deep in parts, fifteen feet high and surrounded by razor wire ... the area around it is lit by spotlights, monitored by cameras, motion detectors and magnetic sensors, and patrolled by armed guards with attack dogs ...
