[rumrunner]

Moderator should pull this thread...denied by Barry Venable, a real Pentagon spokesman.

[Windcatcher]

Odd that the date of the denial is before the date on the TASS report, or perhaps that is due to time zone differences?

[alancarp]

FWIW: Another Chinese source says this:

"Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian terrorist mastermind, was captured in Iraq, reported Tuesday Al Bayan, a daily newspaper of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

"Al-Zarqawi was captured in Iraq's eastern city of Baquba, a journalist with the newspaper said Monday, citing Iraq's Kurdish sources.

"The Iraqi government has yet to confirm the news. "

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Perhaps our side would like to delay news of his capture for a little while.