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In late December 2003, President George W. Bush addressed the nation to report the capture of Saddam Hussein.

12 12 In the run-up to war, the Bush administration repeatedly overstated the threat Iraq posed to the United States and the world. Officials also said that Hussein was somehow involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Hussein, a US Senate Intelligence Committee report would later conclude, was never involved. Still, the invasion took place. American, British, and other troops stormed into the ancient land and defeated Hussein’s army. In the end, the United States captured Saddam. He was hiding in a “spider’s hole” underground.