Earlier today I received the news, along with a large number of Coalition forces, that Saddam Hussein has been captured. He was hiding in a hole in a basement in Tikrit. He appears to have lost quite a bit of weight, looks somewhat worn, has a substantial grey beard, and didn't really put up much of a fight.
Celebratory gunfire has already begun. We expect it to continue through the night and into the next day. We will be wearing helmets whenever we go outdoors, since the celebratory bullets still hurt as much as the hostile kind.
Don't expect anything here that you won't see in the news eventually, but this does bring up an interesting question or two. For one, who runs the tribunal? Knowing the American and British forces and their leaders, they aren't just going to hand him over to The Hague and leave it at that. On the other hand, keeping him in the area is not a good idea. No doubt there will be a military tribunal, likely composed of a cross-section of the Coalition and headed by either Ambassador Bremmer, LG Sanchez, or a member of the ruling council, perhaps Mr. Talibani.
We have broken out the last pound of Starbucks, and are settling in to listen to the press conference. I'll come back to the discussion afterward.