Saddam was captured by Kurds, not US

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Saddam Hussein was captured by Kurdish forces, who subsequently handed him over to American troops. This action was motivated by a personal vendetta against Saddam's son Uday, who had raped a member of the al-Jabour tribe's family. A senior British military intelligence officer confirmed that Saddam attempted to placate the tribe by paying 7 million pounds in blood money, accompanied by a threat of retaliation against the tribe if they sought revenge. The discussion also critiques the media's handling of the narrative surrounding these events.

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Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured by Kurdish forces, then drugged and handed over to the American forces as a revenge against the rape of a tribal chief's daughter by the tyrant's psychopathic eldest son Uday, a media report said today.
http://sify.com/news/international/fullstory.php?id=13341763
 
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Their editor did a poor job. (Emphasis is mine)

[q]Saddam was betrayed to the Kurds by a member of the al-Jabour tribe [B}whose daughter was "defiled"[/B] by Uday, the report quoting a senior British military intelligence officer said.

The tribe threatened to take revenge. As soon as he heard the news, Saddam visited the family of the dead man and paid them 7 million pounds in blood money with the chilling warning: "If you try to take revenge you will force me to wipe out the al-Jabour tribe."

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I think they started with a fake story about a murdered son, then changed it to a "defiled daughter", but forgot to change it everywhere.

EDIT- I see, the husband gets shot 3 paragraphs later. Bad writing, not necessarily bad fakery.

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