This ads a new dimension to the word, subdue: "Witnesses said U.S. soldiers were fired at by people inside the house as they approached. The Americans called in helicopters to subdue the resistance before storming the house."
I still the "Thor's hammer" option.
Well, it might create a problem if we have Saddam actually
alive. We are liable to get him into Gitmo and then all the human rights attorneys and Judeo Christian altruist Occidental liberal media would try to water down our prosecution and punishment, and he could essentially rule from exile in prison and keep anti-US elements alive.
What needs to happen is a 'mistake' when he is transferred, that he falls into Kurdish northern forces control, they have their own trial, they string up the body ala Mussolini, the image permeates all of the mideast, and the rebel remants begin to lose hope and fold their cards.