The famous weapons of mass destruction did not exist.His capture, eight months after the fall of Baghdad, was little more than a brief flash of triumph in a remorselessly darkening sea of gloom.

• 传说中的大规模杀伤性武器并不存在，巴格达沦陷8个月后萨达姆的被捕不过昙花一现的胜利，伊拉克局势日益黯淡。