Better tell the BBC...they are in mourning and trying to spin it...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317945.stm Reporters' Log: Saddam's capture
The BBC's team of correspondents bring you news updates, as they happen, after the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Baghdad :: Caroline Hawley :: 1720GMT
Many people here in Iraq have been shocked by the indignity of Saddam's arrest.
Across the country we've seen scenes of celebration. I'm wearing body armour now as there has been celebratory gunfire for much of the day. This is really a hugely powerful symbolic day that people have been looking forward to.
Washington D.C. :: Justin Webb :: 1705GMT
There is no doubt this is a major political boost for President Bush. The man who is likeliest to become the Democrats' nominee for next November's presidential election, Howard Dean, is an anti war person. Not all the Democrats are, but Howard Dean is very anti war and has been extremely critical of the White House and suggested that they have got bogged down in Iraq since the war.
Now, it is very difficult for him. He is actually meant to be meant to be making a major foreign policy speech tomorrow and he will find the wind taken out of his sails. Possibly not for long, but certainly in the next few weeks.
Baghdad :: James Rogers :: 1700GMT
When that videotape (of Saddam's capture) was first shown, some people quite honestly could not believe their eyes. Some, particularly the Iraqi journalists, were completely overcome with emotion. One gentleman leapt to his feet and began shouting, and then fell to his chair again apparently bursting into tears.
People in the coalition and in the streets of Iraq did not expect Saddam Hussein to be captured alive. Now that he has been captured in an apparently humiliating way, we see this rather tired old man with a long beard from his many days on the run. People are really surprised to see this man who set himself up for so many years as the strong man of this country, who ruled it with an iron fist - the supreme dictator - now reduced to hiding in a hole in the ground.
Major General Ray Ordierno, referring to that, in a twist of irony said that he was hiding in a hole in the ground just across the river from where he lorded over his people in luxurious palaces.
Downing Street, London :: James Landale :: 1655GMT
Tony Blair said Saddam's capture was good news for the Iraqi people, but its also good news for him. For months the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, the worsening security situation and the lingering questions of the Hutton Inquiry have combined to put the prime minister on the back foot over Iraq. Now he's hoping that today's events will turn the debate back in his favour and heal a few wounds in the Labour party.
Baghdad :: James Rogers :: 1635MT
Saddam Hussein was an inspiration to some extent for the continuing attacks on the coalition. He has a lot of tribal and family ties north of Baghdad, and a lot of Ba'ath party supporters. And that area, the so called 'Sunni Triangle' is where coalition troops have suffered the fiercest attacks on them. But they've also laid some of the blame on foreign fighters who've come into the country. Because if you're in the Middle East and you want to attack US forces, Iraq is now the place to do it.
Jerusalem :: Magdi Abdelhadi :: 1605MT
Here in Israel, Saddam Hussein was seen as a sinister threat. The primary aim of the former Iraqi leader's pursuit of long range missiles was to target Israel. During the 1991 Gulf War he ordered Scud missile attacks on Israeli cities causing several casualties. For people on the streets here, the name Saddam Hussein is synonymous with terrorism. But for some Palestinians at least, he is still an Arab hero.
But Israel's worries about its western front are not over. The current instability in Iraq and fears that Iran might one day develop a nuclear weapon will continue to cause concern.
Damascus :: Kim Ghattas :: 1550GMT
It's been very difficult for the Syrians to come to terms with the fact that the region is changing. They've seen what's happened next door, but it's taken them quite a few months to realise that the Americans are very serious. We've just had the Syria Accountability Act signed into law by President Bush, which will possibly see sanctions imposed on Syria.
So there is definitely a sense that the pressure is mounting and that they have to do something to make sure they don't end up on the wrong side of history, which is something that the Americans have said again and again.