- Saddam Hussein has vanished, following a coalition strike on a restaurant he was eating in.

- Law and order has broken down in Baghdad, with widespread looting and reprisals.

- The police have vanished.

- As have the Ministry of Information officials who have been monitoring the reports of journalists. They just didn't turn up for work this morning.

- The Fedayeen and various other security forces are still holding out within the city, and there's ongoing combat within Baghdad.

- Outbreaks of joy in the poorer Shia parts of the city, the richer parts are showing a kind of 'muted nervousness'.