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He knew his end is coming.

By surrendering to a German (somewhat skeptical of anything US) TV crew before his end actually came he is trying to define the terms of his surrender. Instead of being zip tied, on his knees, head down with a sand bag on his head, he hopes to avoid the humiliation/danger and possibly save some of his empire by surrendering on his terms (somewhat). It's a ploy where the German media is being used to bring attention to him and possibly thus avoiding the fait of many other Bath party members. His surrender was not out of kindness, he either surrender or get caught by us or get killed by other Iraqis.

We probably did not even know where he was, if we did the location might not have been accessible yet or he was just a lower priority target. In either case, he was smart for doing what he did. This makes him no more moral or virtues. He is a German speaker, with a German wife, surrendering to a German news (so called news) crew; where Germany took a very negative view of this conflict from the get go. I would not be surprised if the news crew had been contacted/approached by his aids. They surely did not know either where he was until he saw himself cornered.