The US has announced the capture of “Chemical Ali”, as Ali Hassan al-Majid is known. A cousin of Saddam Hussein, al-Majid may have information about weapons, or about Saddam’s whereabouts.
These captures are far more than symbolic. To the Iraqi population, each is reassurance that the Ba’ath regime won’t be coming back . . . and hopefully each arrest of one of the “most wanted” people will help them have more confidence in their future.