Just to throw something more into the mix

No reward for the man who gave up Saddam

Baghdad - One of Saddam Hussein's top aides turned him over to American forces, according to fresh details on the former Iraqi leader's capture, as the United States administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, said he had escaped an assassination bid earlier this month.

"He was someone I would call his right arm," said Major Stan Murphy, the head of intelligence for the 4th Infantry Division's First Brigade in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit said on Friday of the man who led to Saddam's capture at a hideout near there on December 13.

Murphy said the informant was in detention, ruling out the possibility that he would receive any of the $25-million bounty that the United States had placed on Saddam's head.

"He is a bad man and should rot in jail," the major said.  article

Dr. Butler could have told the guy that would happen. FBI did it to him. That's the way we do things in a democracy.

However, let's not be too hasty. This may be the official story, but what's the real one? They're not revealing this guy's name...

The man, whose name the military will not reveal, was a longtime aide of Saddam and hailed from one of five major tribes in a 20km stretch around Tikrit, the fallen dictator's hometown.

In addition to helping Saddam elude the Americans for about eight months, the man, who along with four or five other Iraqis helped the fugitive dictator implement his orders to the resistance for attacks, finance the insurgency and provide combattants with weaponry, according to Murphy.

And, remember, the PUK has a different story to tell. A much more believable one.

On the other hand, if there is some dirty dealing going on, and the PUK gets the shaft, Dr. Butler and I won't be surprised.

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