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...mortars fired at headquarters would die away? There never was good evidence that Saddam was controlling the insurgency, and the circumstances in which he was found--hiding in a hole, accompanied by an entourage of only two--suggest he was too isolated to play any central role. However, his arrest could still profoundly rattle the resistance. The Pentagon estimated that nine of 10 insurgents were former regime loyalists. To the extent they were driven by a rational agenda--restoring the old regime to power--it is now deprived of its end goal. The insurgents are, for the most part, Baathists...
...help quell the resistance. For one thing, even if Saddam's leadership was not central to the insurgency, his money likely was. Many of the resistance fighters the U.S. has picked up were essentially mercenaries, former criminals or jobless men who were paid to strike U.S. forces. His arrest increases the chance that Iraqis will feel safe to turn in other insurgents, as happened after the siege that ended in the deaths of Uday and and Qusay...
...across Europe, in fact, it is a busy time in the war on terrorism. German police two weeks ago announced the arrest of an Iraqi, 29, identified only as Mohammed L. He is suspected of having dispatched a dozen radicals from Germany to Iraq to carry out suicide attacks against U.S. troops. More than 5,000 police officers raided locations tied to 1,200 supporters of Germany-based Turkish militant Metin Kaplan. His Caliphate State group, which seeks to replace Turkey's secular government with an Islamic one, has been linked to terrorist plots there. Five people were arrested...
Security sources say the most significant arrest so far is that of Badat. He is charged with "unlawfully and maliciously" conspiring with Reid "and others unknown to cause ... an explosion of a nature likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property in the United Kingdom or elsewhere." A handprint and hair found in Reid's shoe-bomb explosives did not belong to Reid, suggesting the bombs were prepared for him by an accomplice shortly before his failed attack. According to two U.S. law-enforcement officials, British investigators have made a forensic link between Badat and Reid...
...Russell, like the rest of the Americans serving in Iraq, didn't have long to enjoy the accomplishment. The day after the arrest was announced, he sent his men to break up pro-Saddam demonstrations in Tikrit. The next morning, three Division soldiers were wounded when their truck was hit by an improvised explosive device. That afternoon, when more protests were taking shape, he sent out tanks, troops, and trucks, to make certain they didn't last long. Russell termed it "a clampdown." Pro-Saddam protesters, he said, "will not get a chance to disrupt this city. We will...