Bush hails with caution capture of Saddam

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Bush hails with caution capture of Saddam

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US President George W. Bush, in a televised speech to the American people on Sunday, hailed the capture of the ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein but cautioned that it did not mean the end of violence in Iraq.

"Now the former dictator of Iraq will face the justice he denied to millions," Bush said in a 5-minute speech delivered from the White House. "The capture of this man was crucial to the rise of a free Iraq."

Bush said for the vast majority of the Iraqi people, "this event brings further assurance that the torture chambers and the secret police are gone forever."

"And this afternoon I have a message for the Iraqi people: You will not have to fear the rule of Saddam Hussein ever again. "

Bush praised the American forces in Iraq for their success in capturing Saddam, but cautioned that the event did not mean an end of violence in Iraq.

"I also have a message for all Americans. The capture of Saddam Hussein does not mean the end of violence in Iraq," he said. "We still face terrorists who would rather go on killing the innocent than accept the rise of liberty in the heart of the Middle East."

Bush spoke hours after he got confirmation of the capture of Saddam by American forces in northern Iraq on Saturday.

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