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U.S.: 'Great Day for Iraq' as Saddam is Captured

By Liane Hansen

Published December 13, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 21 years ago.

U.S. troops capture Saddam Hussein near a farmhouse in northern Iraq, where the haggard former dictator was hiding in a dugout chamber. Hear L. Paul Bremer, civilian administrator in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, and NPR's Liane Hansen.

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Liane Hansen

Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.