Blink 182 helped catch Saddam Hussein.

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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Actually Might Have Helped the Military Capture Saddam Hussein

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"Sir, I have a plan for how to catch Saddam Hussein," the musician recalled telling a Navy admiral onboard an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. According to Hoppus, Hussein had been sending video messages to his followers from an unknown location at the time.

The musician felt that the military could use drones to their advantage and uncover his location by pulling data from the video messages. "Sir, what about having drones fly all over the region in carpeting patterns, broadcasting time codes above the level of human hearing but at the level that a video recording would catch it," Hoppus suggested to the admiral.

"Then, the next time he releases one of his videos, you can listen to it, pull the ultrasonic data, and triangulate the drones you have flying all over."

The Blink-182 frontman remembered the admiral seeming "genuinely taken aback," and that he mentioned he may share it when he met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff the following week.

"Four months later, Saddam was located and captured in Iraq. So, you're welcome everyone," Hoppus noted.

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