Ali dead, Baathists surrender

MSNBC reports things are going well in Basra:

April 5 — U.S. officials told NBC News on Saturday that they believed an overnight airstrike killed the man known as “Chemical Ali,” a cousin of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and commander of Iraq’s southern front. Meanwhile, leaders of the ruling Baath Party in Iraq’s second city Basra reportedly fear public reprisals and were seeking to negotiate a surrender to British military forces besieging the city.

The people are helping coalition forces root out the Baathists now, so they’re toast. So much for “fierce resistance against foreign invaders.”