You'll never guess who Saddam Hussein's friends were.
Well, for a time, he actually had quite a few friends in the U.S. You know, folks who sold him guns. And other folks who have always been fond of men in uniform.
However, it now appears that it took a rather sophisticated analysis of the dictator's social network, a sort of trawling through his metaphorical Facebook page, to track him down to the hole in the ground where he was ultimately found.
According to a deeply intricate series of articles in Slate, beginning Monday, U.S soldiers created a Facebook page for Hussein before there was even a Facebook. Col. James Hickey, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, needed to understand Hussein the dictator as far more than someone who ruled a nation with pounding fists and a trim mustache.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10457528-71.html
Well, for a time, he actually had quite a few friends in the U.S. You know, folks who sold him guns. And other folks who have always been fond of men in uniform.
However, it now appears that it took a rather sophisticated analysis of the dictator's social network, a sort of trawling through his metaphorical Facebook page, to track him down to the hole in the ground where he was ultimately found.
According to a deeply intricate series of articles in Slate, beginning Monday, U.S soldiers created a Facebook page for Hussein before there was even a Facebook. Col. James Hickey, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, needed to understand Hussein the dictator as far more than someone who ruled a nation with pounding fists and a trim mustache.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10457528-71.html