The bearded man raised his hands and said, “I am Saddam Hussein. The Delta operator struck him with the stock of his M4 Carbine and disarmed him of a Glock 18C. Then, as the operators called the helicopters in for extraction, one operator kicked a piece of flooring to one side, exposing a spider hole he prepared to throw a frag grenade into it – in case it led to an insurgent tunnel system when suddenly a large shaggy man appeared. The forces cleared both objectives but found nothing and believed it to be another dry hole. The elements of the 4th ID troops under the command of Colonel James Hickey secured the target area with a double cordon to block all possible escape routes out of the target area and to prevent any insurgents from trying to enter to come to the target’s aid.
The Forces involved in the operation consisted of approximately 600 soldiers including cavalry, artillery, aviation, engineer and special operations forces. The location codenames of “Wolverine 1” and “Wolverine 2” were also a reference to the American insurgent group in the Swayze film, the Wolverines. C squadron Delta Force, ISA operators under Task Force 121 and the First Brigade Combat Team of the 4th ID, conducted the operation. Operation Red Dawn was launched after identifying two likely locations of Saddam’s whereabouts codenamed Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2, near the town of ad-Dawr. Operational area of Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2. In a remote farm compound south of Tikrit outside of the small town of ad-Dawr. This intelligence and other information gleaned from detained former members of the Ba’ath Party, supported by signals intelligence from the ISA, finally pinpointed the location that they believed Hussein was hiding at. And ironically enough it was a location that had already been searched. Not only did he give the information where he’d be found, he offered to personally lead the Delta Force teams to the location. Ibrahim then revealed where Saddam may be found. The Army interrogator questioning Ibrahim made a deal with him that if he divulged the location of Hussein, the 40 members of his family would be released. On December 12, a raid on a house in Baghdad that was being used as an insurgent headquarters captured Ibrahim.
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On December 1, 2003, a former driver divulged the name Muhammed Ibrahim Omar al-Musslit, he was Saddam’s right-hand man, known to TF 121 as “the fat man.” Over the next two weeks, nearly 40 members of his family were interrogated to ascertain his location. Finally, some details began to emerge.īetween July and December 2003, JSOC’s Task Force 121 carried out twelve unsuccessful raids to find Saddam Hussein, together with 600 other operations against targets, including 300 interrogations. Teams of intelligence assets began trying to locate Hussein’s location by interrogating every person of interest they came across. The American military labeled him “High-Value Target Number One” (HVT1) and began one of the largest manhunts in history. Locating Hussein Using HUMINT : Hussein disappeared from public view soon after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Army 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment provided armor support. Air Force Combat Controllers, Pararescuemen, Tactical Air Control Party operators, and Special Operations Weather Technicians, the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group (AvTEG), and the Joint Communications Unit. Navy’s SEAL Team Six ,the CIA’s Special Activities Division, U.S. Army’s Delta Force, 75th Ranger Regiment, and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the U.S. TF121 was a multi-service force from Joint Special Operations Command, made up of operators from the U.S. Task Force 121 was a United States Department of Defense special operations task force. Not so coincidentally, the targets where the task force searched for Hussein were codenamed “Wolverine 1″ and “Wolverine 2”. The operation was named after the 1984 film “Red Dawn” starring Patrick Swayze. Hussein hid in a spider hole and was found by a Delta Force operator. On the evening of December 13, 2003, in the small Iraqi town of ad-Dawr outside of Tikrit, elements of Task Force 121, and the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division captured former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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