Defined
: When Gen. Sanchez said Saddam was in a “spider hole,” I wondered what that was. Dave Winer, whose central nervous system is an Internet node, just looked it up: “A spider hole is a disguised entrance to a tunnel used by the Vietcong.”
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On MSNBC, Carl Rochelle mentioned the “spider holes” used by the Japanese in World War II. A quick google search indicated the term was in use then.
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One quibble: spider holes were/are used by soldiers as fighting positions.
The hole from which Saddam was hauled might be better referred to a “priest hole”, which was used by persons hiding from the authorities. See English historical houses from the period of Cromwell and earlier.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, I believe the most accurate term for Saddam’s hiding place would be ‘shit hole’.
