The final nail has been hammered into Saddam's coffin:

Iraq's Governing Council signed a landmark interim constitution after council members unanimously approved it Monday with a show of hands. Council President Mohammed Bahr al-Ulloum called the signing a "historic moment, decisive in the history of Iraq."

Decisive, indeed. Ayatollah al-Sistani may be audacious but he's apparently reasonable, having instructed the Governing Council's Shiite representatives to drop their objections. Between the progress towards establishing the rule of law and the flow of capital from the Pentagon beginning this week, terrorists will be fighting an increasingly uphill battle in Iraq.