Article: Arrest marks end of disastrous year for Saddam.(The Dallas Morning News)

Byline: Gregory Katz

Saddam Hussein's lifelong dream of leading the Arab world back to its former glory came to an ignominious end in a pit where the bedraggled former dictator hid alone.

The arrest Saturday at a farm near Tikrit marked the culmination of a disastrous year for Saddam. Instead of building a modern-day empire to rival those of past Arab heroes, he lost control of Iraq, went underground _ literally and figuratively _ and saw his two sons and political heirs killed by U.S. forces.

Saddam, accustomed to a lavish lifestyle with easy access to top-shelf alcohol, extra-long Cuban cigars and many women, spent his final months of freedom ...

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