Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which man was captured in a hole in the ground near the city of Tikrit?"
...After spending nine months on the run, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured on this day in 2003. U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a six foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown of Tikrit. Inside the small, six-foot bunker sat a dirty, scruffy Saddam Hussein, holding a Glock pistol. Along with the pistol, Hussein had two pairs of boxer shorts, a package of socks, some candy bars, and a briefcase containing $750,000 in one-hundred dollar bills. He did not resist and was uninjured during the arrest. Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging on December 30, 2006.