During the interrogation, he finally revealed Ibrahim Al-Muslit's current location and that he reported directly to Hussein.Įvents began to move quickly after the Basim interrogation. Basim, previously interviewed and released, was returned for further questioning.
#SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE DRIVER#
During interrogation, he exposed Basim Latif, driver and close friend of Ibrahim Al-Muslit, the latter of whom was one of the few people Hussein trusted, and therefore, a possible key to finding his location. On October 11th, the youngest Al -Muslit brother was caught and transferred to the 4th ID. So we actually now had something to look for". We did a raid on the Omar Al-Muslit, who was the patriarch of the family on his farm and that provided us with a ton of pictures of who these people were. According to MSG James Ferguson, former Intelligence Analyst with the 4th Infantry Division, "The Muslit family was the key as far as they provided all the inner circle of bodyguards. Raids of suspects' homes netted additional evidence of unexpected connections in the network.Īnalyzing this new wealth of information from various sources, Army intelligence personnel soon focused on the Al-Muslit brothers, members of Hussein's inner circle of bodyguards. As individuals were captured or detained, interrogations revealed further connections, all of which were plotted on the diagrams. They began with personal relationships between his closest confidents and family members.
Army Intelligence personnel with the 1st BCT and Special Operations Task Force 121 created Link Analysis Diagrams showing Hussein's network. Intelligence analysts with the 4th Infantry Division's, 1st Brigade Combat Team developed a "Three Tier Strategy" based around five families who had known Hussein since his youth. Instead, analysts needed to focus on Hussein's personal connections. Army Intelligence personnel realized that political leaders were not the best path to finding Hussein. However, while US forces were netting high value targets, they were no closer to catching Hussein because his political power base scattered when the Iraqi regime fell. Initially, the search for Hussein focused on the aggressive pursuit of High Value Targets, those government leaders whose names were on the "Black List," or on the Most Wanted "Deck of Cards." Early success came with the capture of several Iraqi leaders, including Hussein's presidential secretary in mid-June 2003. The daily interactions of these teams with local Iraqi citizens generated a vast amount of information about Hussein's family network. Several Tactical HUMINT Teams consisting of US Army interrogators, counterintelligence agents, and interpreters, also deployed throughout the area in the summer of 2003. The trail to Hussein would be carefully developed by intelligence professionals using solid Human Intelligence or HUMINT tradecraft and detailed analysis techniques.įollowing the collapse of Hussein's regime, the 4th Infantry Division occupied the area in and around Tikrit, Hussein's family home. A nine-month hunt for the deposed president followed. Within three weeks, US forces secured Baghdad, but Hussein had escaped the capital city.
#SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE FREE#
On March 20th, 2003 Coalition troops invaded Iraq to oust dictator Saddam Hussein from power and free the Iraqi people. The script of that video is excerpted here. In an effort to highlight the intelligence aspects of this milestone event, the Intelligence Center of Excellence History Office has developed a five-minute video case study entitled: "The Capture of Saddam Hussein: Human Intelligence Out Front." The video can be accessed from the History Office located inside the MI Library on Fort Huachuca. The story of how he was located and captured is an intelligence success story. Ten years ago this week, the US Army captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein alive.
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