Saddam Hussein Captured Alive

Oh, WOW. Via Invisible Adjunct. Of course Glenn Reynolds has blogged about it umpteen times today, and he thinks we have three options at this point:

(1) Shoot him out of hand. Appealing for a variety of reasons, but not really our style, and obviously we decided against it. (2) Try him for war crimes ourselves. Potentially messy, and perhaps looking a bit imperialistic to some. (3) Turn him over to the Iraqis and let them try him.

Hmmm. I'd read all the blog roundups today if I could, but I'm too busy with a seminar paper. I'm far more interested in what Iraqis have to say than anything. I did go to the English AlJazeera site and was shocked that I was able to view it...anyway, reactions there:

Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Governing Council member and head of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan:

"With the arrest of Saddam the financial resources
feeding terrorists have been destroyed and his arrest will put an end
to terrorist acts in Iraq." 
 
Amar al-Hakim, member of the Central Council of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq:

"The Iraqi nation is happy and the sound of gunfire
indicates the Iraqi's people's joy and happiness. His arrest will put
an end to military and terrorist attacks and the Iraqi nation will
achieve stability. We want Saddam to get what he deserves. I believe he
will be sentenced to hundreds of death sentences at a fair trial
because he's responsible for all the massacres and crimes in
Iraq." 
 
Walid Mubarak, Beirut-based political analyst:

"I think the reaction is going to be positive, but
there are still questions about the occupation of Iraq... I don't think
this will resolve that. But we will have to wait and see how people
will react in Iraq. What I know about their (US) behaviour is that
there have been mistakes. I hope they have learned from their mistakes." 

Yeah, I hope they (we, really, since I'm implicated here--all Americans are) learn, too.

UPDATE: See Charles W. Johnson's brilliant response.