The good news continues:

Nighttime commando raids nabbed some of Iraq's most wanted. Others meekly surrendered. Tariq Aziz answered a knock on the door of a family home and found himself face to face with U.S. troops.

U.S. commandos seized one of Saddam's half brothers after he survived a U.S. airstrike meant to kill him. Baghdad police arrested one of Saddam's financial masterminds.

Sometimes loudly, sometimes quietly, the United States has captured more than a third of the top 55 former members of Saddam Hussein's government and several prized figures who were not on the list. Most are being interrogated at an American military base in the Baghdad area.

U.S. authorities won't say publicly how they rounded up many of the suspects. But the details that have emerged show a mix of tactics.

This, even more than the speed of the victory should give all dictators pause. We are relentless and will get you.