Task Force 121
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Task Force 121 was a United States Department of Defense special operations task force.
Samir, an Iraqi-American military interpreter of Task Force 121, helped find Saddam Hussein by pulling him out of hideaway in December 2003.
House of Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, Iraq destroyed by members of Task Force 121 in July 2003
Capture of Saddam Hussein
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Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq, on 13 December 2003. The military operation to capture him was codenamed Operati
Task Force 121
…Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay Hussein. The two sons were killed in the shootout. The apprehending of the most wanted man in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, in Operation Red Dawn directly involved Task Force 121 operators and members of the Army's 4th Infantry Division. Task Force 20 was also involved in what the US military…
Afghan president Hamid Karzai welcomed the news.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard urged the trial of Saddam.
Saddam shortly after his capture