A few slivers under the finger nails and we can find out who's paying this guy and supplying his weapons...A very big catch, if we capitalize on it...
good good. former baath party seniores have no place in the future of Iraq. their reign of terror is slowly coming to an end.
Exactly. Another reason why this is significant is because Iraqi troops are in familiar territory. They know the land, the people, the language, psychology of the place.
They can easily interact with the innocent woman and children in the area, and they in turn are also comforted by seeing that man with the big gun they can actually speak to. They are less scared, and that is good for intelligence.