BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, whose country vehemently opposed the war in Iraq, congratulated US President George W. Bush on the capture of toppled president Saddam Hussein, a statement said.
"It is with great joy that I learned of the capture of Saddam Hussein, I congratulate you on this successful action," Schroeder wrote in a telegramme, the government press office statement said.
It finished with the following:
P.S. Can we please have some contracts for rebuilding Iraq now?