Meanwhile down in Basra
Greg Swift of the Sun reports on Gluttons for Punishment:

Five members of Saddam Hussein’s Gestapo were arrested after Desert Rats dramatically stormed a Ba’ath Party HQ yesterday ? and found it stuffed with food.

The British troops threw open the doors of the palatial building to cowed and starving Iraqis, who were stunned to learn how their oppressors had been gorging themselves all along.

The two-storey complex boasted TWO huge, well-equipped kitchens - each with cavernous larders piled to the rafters with grub.

The gluttons had even hoarded gigantic sacks of rice and grain donated as humanitarian aid.

What a surprise!

Fresh garlic, tomatoes and sauces stood alongside giant chest freezers filled with meat and frozen produce.

Meanwhile, poverty-stricken children in the shanty town surrounding the lavish HQ a few miles from Basra had been left to starve.

Saddam’s brutal henchmen were deliberately carted away in full view of amazed citizens ? to show the crowds they no longer had anything to fear.

I'm sure a little detention will help with their slimming plans.

The lavish lifestyle enjoyed by those happy to do Saddam’s dirty work soon became apparent. Along wood-panelled corridors the British soldiers raced through a series of luxurious bedroom suites.

Each boasted its own sitting room with TV, armchairs and sofa. In the heart of the complex a number of imposing rooms fanned out from a central reception area.

In one was a bar complete with snooker table.

Tsk, Muhammed will not be pleased.