"An administration official said that the possibility of a U.S. trial was not closed and that if the Iraqis decide they cannot prosecute Daqduq, the administration could reopen talks on transferring him to the United States." Let me put it this way. Chances of him being transferred back to the US are as high as my chances becoming King of the US. Let me make this guess: his family is most likely giving away Arabic sweets as we speak. They used to mock Arabs for turning defeats into victories; it can easily be said now that the US has excelled in the art of turning defeats into victory. Do people know how the humiliating US withdrawal from Iraq is being portrayed in the Arab world?