Fox update on Saddam's capture

"He was caught like a rat," said Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno of the 4th Infantry Division at a separate press conference in Tikrit. "It was ironic that he was in a hole in the ground across the river from the great palaces he built using all the money he robbed from the Iraqi people."   article

Yes, isn't it.

Like a rat.

[W]hen President Bush addressed the nation, he declared "a dark and painful era is over."

It is? Mission Accomplished. Maybe if we say it enough, it will come true.

The president said that Saddam "will face the justice he denied to millions.

"It marks the end of the road for him and all who killed and bullied in his name."

Be careful. What goes around comes around.

"Where his rule meant terror and division and brutality, let his capture bring about unity, reconciliation and peace between all the people of Iraq," [Tony] Blair told reporters at his 10 Downing St. office.

And you just know it will. Are these people serious? Do they really believe their own drivel? I wonder.

The operation began after the military received tips from local residents as well as unspecified intelligence, Sanchez said.

Odierno said that Saddam was captured less than 24 hours after the intelligence was received about his whereabouts.

What did LaHood know on December 2?

Ahmad Chalabi, a member of Iraq's Governing Council, said that Saddam will be put on trial.

"Saddam will stand a public trial so that the Iraqi people will know his crimes," said Chalabi told Al-Iraqiya, a Pentagon-funded TV station.

Those chickens have to hatch before we can count them.

With the arrest of Saddam, the source financing terrorists has been destroyed and terrorist attacks will come to an end. Now we can establish a durable stability and security in Iraq," said council member Jalal Talabani.

Where the hell has Jalal been? In a hole of his own it seems.

Adnan Pachachi, a Governing Council member, said Saddam's capture will bring stability to Iraq.

"The state of fear, intelligence and oppression is gone forever," Pachachi said. "The Iraqi people are very happy and we look forward to a future of national reconciliation between Iraqis in order to build the new and free Iraq, an Iraq of equality."

And where has Adnan been? Same hole? They sound like Cowboy Codpiece.

From what I've been reading, the Iraqi people aren't at all impressed with the Governing Council. These guys' statements make it rather obvious that they don't exactly have their fingers on the Iraqi pulse.

The reports are coming back that there is a lot of celebration over the capture of Saddam. Quite possibly true, but it would be extremely naive to think that it will be enough to unite Iraq and put an end to the resistance.

Hey. Mission Accomplished! Wave that flag.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

(Earlier report)