Sources at CNN have confirmed that Saddam Hussein was captured today in a raid at the Baghdad Mall posing as Santa.
The raid was based on intelligence that Saddam was at a particular location in the area, military officials said. Forces arrived at the mall within three hours of receiving a tip from an Iraqi, and Saddam had no time to move to another mall. The US forces moved easily into the area where due to a lull in Iraq’s economy, there were no security guards on duty at the mall to protect the ousted leader. Saddam willingly identified himself to interpreters and mentioned his plan to pose as a mall Santa in an attempt to rob the establishments there as he saw in the movie Bad Santa.
He was wearing a full Santa suit complete with beard that apparently was real as it did not come off when PFC Benjamin Chileska pulled on it. Officials in Washington were close to capturing Saddam last month at Thanksgiving during President Bush’s secret visit to Baghdad. Apparently, they stopped by the mall so the President could visit Santa, however Santa was out on a lunch break, and they did not see him. “If only we had waited the extra 15 minutes until Santa/Saddam came back, I could have personally captured him…after giving him my Christmas list of course” the President said with a chuckle early Sunday Morning when talking to reporters.
This is a great day for freedom and America, however not a good day for children that were going to ask for Yu-Gi-Oh cards and Care Bears.