Very good news indeed, he's not going to talk about anything though. He'll die with his secrets...its a shame he was in power as long as he was and all of those helpless Iraqis had to die.
On a sort of unrelated note...just got this form letter from my buddy in Baghdad...
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THE THANK YOU LETTER
Hello everyone from Baghdad,
I thought that I would write a general letter to everyone in order for you all to get this in time for Christmas. First off, thank you for all of the support that you have shown me and the soldiers deployed over here. Also thank-you for the Christmas tree ornaments, the tree is in my room with all of the ornaments hanging off of it, it looks great.
We are doing fine over here in Baghdad. We are all looking forward to going home sometime this spring. We still do not know an exact date and I do not waste anytime trying to speculate when we will go home; I will go home when they tell me to go home. The weather over here is decidedly cooler than it was in the summer time (thankfully). During the day the high is usually around 65-70 degrees and at night it gets down to the mid-30s to lower-40s. It has even rained a few times with a few thunderstorms. The rain is a welcome site, keeps the dust down and somewhat cleans the mud and garbage off of the streets. The locals say that the weather will stay cool like this until March timeframe and then it will start to heat back up.
Baghdad is improving daily. The schools are up and running and everyday I see school kids in their uniforms being marched off to school by their mothers. The power is running more consistently than before, but their still are times when there is an outage for an extended period of time. The water and sewage are working!! This is a big one since this country smells like rot anyways. The citizens seem friendly to us still; they wave back when I wave, the kids always wave at us. It is nice to drive out in the city and see all of the markets springing up all over the place, the new stores, new billboards, etc. The Iraqi citizens are quick to embrace capitalism. We still have some issues with picking the government, establishing a police force and military.
Well, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas. Thank you for all of your support that you have given Marsha and I, it has been wonderful. God Bless and take care.
Mike
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We went to High School together and are both Chemical Engineers, he went into the army because eventually he wants to go into the FBI/CIA probably never thinking he'd be in a war. Been thinking about him since the war started and reading with dread each day there is a new attack on the US Soldiers. With Saddam out of the picture I hope he can come home sooner rather than later.
