RICH GALEN HAS A REPORT FROM BAGHDAD on Saddam’s capture and the Iraqi reaction:

The guy who stood and shouted for about thirty seconds might have been saying “death to Saddam.” But some of the Arabists in the office think he was shouting – er – “[the f-word] Saddam,” if you know what I mean and I think you do.

It works for me, either way. Galen also explains what caused the car explosion near the Palestine Hotel that CNN was covering rather heavily earlier today:

We got a report that a spent round had landed on the back of a car carrying four propane tanks.

Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom.

Four propane tanks and a car sent to celebratory fire heaven.

On this, I have to agree with Josh Chafetz: “Seriously, does it not occur to people that what goes up must come down?” Apparently not.

And Galen does look a lot cooler in this picture than in the other one.