# What ever happened to Saddam?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-saddam/244684>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 11, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-saddam/244684 "2004-05-11T19:55:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![New\_Locke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@New\_Locke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Locke)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-saddam/244684/1 "2004-05-11T19:55:12Z")

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So, American force finally capture Saddam Hussein on December 13th. “WE GOT HIM” was the title of every newspaper in the US. Now, five months later there has not been a peep about what has happened to him, where he is and what the US government has in store for him.

Does anyone know what is going on now?

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**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-saddam/244684/2 "2004-05-11T20:08:13Z")

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See this link - it was posted on Yahoo News today.  
[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20040511/wl\_nm/iraq\_saddam\_dc](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=1&u=/nm/20040511/wl_nm/iraq_saddam_dc)

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**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-saddam/244684/3 "2004-05-11T23:10:49Z")

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Someone told me he was living at O.J. Simpsons house :smack:

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-saddam/244684/4 "2004-05-11T23:32:09Z")

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This thread could go in SO many directions now! Shall we set rules up front prohibiting taxi-service or convenience store jokes? 😃

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**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-saddam/244684/5 "2004-05-11T23:52:19Z")

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Is it just me, or does Saddam look like a gym coach?