THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT TOO

But many more Iraqis, freed from lingering fear that the dictator could return, may be ready to think about their place in the new order and join in the task of rebuilding.

That is the greatest gain the capture may offer U.S. authorities and the Iraqi Governing Council: another chance to win over a part of the population until now excluded from the political transition, especially in the "Sunni Triangle" north and west of Baghdad.