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i knew at that moment we were hunting saddam. i knew we were finally, really hunting him, and we had a chance. i felt very strongly that saddam hussein was in the area. it was saddam s hometown. i felt like he was in contact with mohammad ibrahim, and mohammad ibrahim might be a route to saddam. but i m running out of time to find mohammad ibrahim, because my tour s up. i was supposed to be there for six months, now it s the beginning of december, and i was about to leave. my flight was leaving the country on december 13. but i didn t care. i m not stopping. basan didn t know muhammad ibrahim s exact location but he had several safehouses for muhammad ibrahim and he gave us all those locations. it was go time.
why are you so interested in muhammad ibrahim? and i told him, because he s running the insurgency. and then he said, you have no idea what you re talking about. he said mohammad ibrahim s never ordered a single attack. he said there s only one person that orders the attacks. there s only one person that s ever ordered the attacks, and it s the president. saddam hussein. i knew at that moment we were hunting saddam. i knew we were finally really hunting him and we had a chance.
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