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AZJonnie

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1. The "compound" was the Bin Laden capture

Reply to snowybirdie (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 12:21 PM

Jan 3

We recovered Saddam after he'd already been captured, IIRC it was the Kurds who bagged him first. There was no palace or compound raided in his capture.

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The "compound" was the Bin Laden capture AZJonnie Jan 3 #1

My bad snowybirdie Jan 3 #2

Your general point is still on-track, just that he's trying to one-up Obama/Biden, not Bush AZJonnie Jan 3 #3