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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History

Hussein's Gun to Be Displayed at Bush Library

Wednesday July 8, 2009
When Saddam Hussein was captured on December 13, 2003, he was found in an eight-foot-deep hole, disheveled and accompanied by an unloaded gun -- a 9mm Glock 18C to be exact. This gun was presented in a glass case to President George W. Bush by four of the Delta Force soldiers who found Hussein. This gun became one of Bush's most prized possessions, which he kept close to him in the White House and would often show to visitors.

What will become of this gun? Plans are being made to include Hussein's gun in President Bush's Presidential Library, which will open in 2013 on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas.

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