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 PIC 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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