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It removes the shadow that has been hanging over them for too long of the nightmare of a return to the Saddam regime," he said in a statement released by his office.Forces from the 4th Infantry Division along with Special Forces captured Saddam, the U.S. authorities had yet to determine whether to hand him over to a new Iraqi tribunal for trial."This success brings closure to the Iraqi people," Sanchez said."Saddam Hussein will never return to a position of power from which he can punish, terrorize, intimidate and exploit the Iraqi people as the did for more than 35 years."British Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed the capture."This is very good news for the people of Iraq. Then they showed a photograph of Saddam after he was shaved.Iraqi journalists in the audience stood, pointed and shouted "Death to Saddam!" and "Down with Saddam!"The former Iraqi leader was being held at an undisclosed location, said the top U.S. forces aired a video showing a bearded Saddam being examined by a doctor who held his mouth open with a tongue depressor, apparently to get a DNA sample. military commander in Iraq, who saw Saddam overnight, said the deposed leader "has been cooperative and is talkative." He described Saddam as "a tired man, a man resigned to his fate."In the capital, radio stations played celebratory music, residents fired small arms in the air in celebration and passengers on buses and trucks shouted, "They got Saddam! They got Saddam!"At the news conference announcing his capture, U.S. in the town of Dour, 15 kilometers (10 miles) south of Tikrit, ending one of the most intense manhunts in history.The top U.S. Paul Bremer said at a news conference, adding: "The tyrant is a prisoner."Bremer said Saddam was captured Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The arrest was carried out without a shot fired and was a victory for the U.S.-led coalition eight months after the fall of Baghdad."Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," U.S. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - American forces captured a bearded Saddam Hussein, hiding in a hole in a farmhouse cellar near his hometown of Tikrit, the U.S.