Saddam Hussein, the leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, was killed by a U.S. SEAL team in Pakistan.

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This statement is false. Saddam Hussein was the former leader of Iraq, not the leader of al-Qaeda terrorist network. He was captured by U.S. forces in 2003 and executed in 2006. The operation to kill the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, was carried out by a U.S. SEAL team in Pakistan in 2011.

Saddam Hussein, the Leader of the Al-Qaeda Terrorist Network, Was