Originally Posted by mayonaise

a couple things bother me about this report. first, if he was living in a "modest home," instead of a hole in the ground, isn't it reasonable to think that he wouldn't have come out looking as grizzled and disheveled as he was? he looked like a cave man. granted, he could have been using this as some kind of disguise... but anyone could tell that it was him, even behind all the hair.

second, if he had been fighting off american soldiers, why would he give up and surrender? why not kill himself or blow himself up and take out some american troops at the same time? i guess this is pretty subjective, but what would be going through his head to make him think he'd have any reason to surrender?