re: Reuters has the range on the good news now
Saddam Hussein is a broken man and has supplied intelligence that helped capture two top wanted men, officials said on Monday, but violence raged on in Iraq despite his arrest and bombings killed nine people.
The "despite the capture of Saddam" seems to be the official Talking Point, at least as observed by Vodkapundit (scroll down to the "Memewatch" examples.)
Bush, seeking re-election next year with Iraq high on the agenda due to a relentless rise in U.S. casualties from attacks blamed on Saddam supporters and foreign Islamic militants, said Iraq was on the right track.
But he added: "The terrorists in Iraq remain dangerous. The work of our coalition remains difficult and will require further sacrifice. Yet it should now be clear to all: Iraq is on the path to freedom."
Attacks have killed nearly 200 U.S. soldiers since Bush declared major combat over on May 1.
As many Iraqis celebrated Saddam's humiliation, two suicide car bombings at Baghdad area police stations killed both attackers and seven other people. Some 30 people were wounded.
...In Tikrit, U.S. soldiers used batons to disperse protesters chanting: "We sacrifice our blood and souls for you Saddam." In Baghdad, Iraqi police fired into the air to disperse hundreds of people shouting: "We want Saddam back."
U.S. stock prices wiped out earlier gains triggered by Saddam's capture, and oil prices edged higher on fears sabotage attacks on Iraq's oil infrastructure could go on.
Near unanimous satisfaction among international powers at Saddam's arrest gave way to fresh diplomatic jostling over Iraq's fate.
...Time magazine, quoting a U.S. intelligence official, said Saddam denied having had weapons of mass destruction -- Bush's reason for waging war to oust him.
ABC radio news, and many print reporters, have suddenly seeming found nobody to interview in Iraq except those who are angry about the lack of electricity (despite the capture of Saddam) and those who are skeptical about the capture. The last three hourly reports have had the same lunatic Iraqi woman insisting it was a double.
The sooner we forget the cheering Iraqis, the better.