Iran first to report Saddam captured.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_846934.html

Iran Reports Saddam captured

Reports are coming in that Saddam Hussein has been captured in Iraq.

The reports, from the Iran News Agency and an Iraqi Kurdish leader, claim he's been arrested in Tikrit.

There has been no confirmation from the US Defence Department or the Ministry of Defence.


Something is odd here? I don't think this went down the way Bu$hCo planned. If they had been in total control of this situation, Saddam would be dead and the news would have come from the Pentagon. Instead, Iran, a charter member of the axis of evil, got the scoop? For those of us who were up early today, it was also apparent that FAUX News didn't have a clue, which for Bu$hCo's staged events they are always the first to know.

Also, W would have been ready. It is quite apparent that W was not prepared for this today. That is why he cancelled church and might make a statement later?

So now they're stuck with Saddam alive. Of course, they will be all over themselves about how great this is and what a major victory this is for the US (and it is). But when things settle down, I think it will be the Iraqis who got the better of Bu$h, now that they've stuck him with a living, breathing Saddam to deal with.

So why no Church and speech today...... I believe they wanted to hide this.

I'm surprised he didn't just jump in Air Force One and fly to Iraq to make the announcement himself this morning?

I do not believe for a minute this went down the way they wanted it to. The Iranian scoop made chimpass* "jump-the-shark" way too soon yet again.

from the WH...

Any questions?

You know, "Attempted to escape" or some other to-be-expected excuse. Whether he tries to escape and is killed or whether the US military will mistreat him (which is far more likely, and remember John Kerry saying that this prisoner should be tried and accounted for properly, to show how civil the US is...), I'm keeping an eye open on this.

Chalabi and the INC passed a new resolution or something that allows for Saddam and former Baathists to be brought to justice. It includes provisions for... wait for it... Capital Punishment.

Prediction: Saddam will be tried behind closed doors and before his execution (which will probably be public and shown later on CNN) he will admit his WMDs are in Syria/Iran.