[Godzilla]

This now being evaluated by both Fox and Wash Times/UPI, though neither is really going forward yet, probably ready to launch should official confirmation come out.

….snippette….. A semi-official daily reported Tuesday Iraqi police captured an "important terrorist," believed to be Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in a raid east of Baghdad. There was no official confirmation of the report. The daily al-Sabah said it received information a "very important terrorist figure" was captured in the city of Diali during a large-scale raid by U.S.-backed Iraqi police.

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050104-095924-4037r.htm

[freeperfromnj]

Fox News and Washington Times - very encouraging (praying it's true). We need to get this evil murdering terrorist off the streets of Iraq.

[Velveeta]

"Semi-official daily".

Hmmm. This is getting veeerrry interesting.

[Godzilla]

The Abu Musab al-Zarqawi plot thickens. Kurdish official is now saying that he was not 'arrested'. Reports said 'captured' could be parsing words. Still waiting to see if there is a DoD press conference this afternoon est.

[JustPiper]

Per Drudge.."UPDATE //
Tue Jan 04 2005 11:18:47 ET

U.S. military and intelligence sources are denying print and broadcast reports that terrorist Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi has been arrested in Iraq, MSNBC reported Tuesday.

MSNBC said senior U.S. military and intelligence sources told it the reports are not true. A newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, al-Bayane, reported in its Tuesday edition that the Jordanian-born terrorist had been arrested in Baqouba, Iraq. Iraqi Kurdistan radio also reported the arrest of al-Zarqawi.

The U.S. military in December said al-Zarqawi likely is in the Baghdad area."

271 posted on 01/04/2005 2:03:33 PM CST by Jay777
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313605/posts?page=267#267

[JustPiper]

then there's this from texkat:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313605/posts?page=276#276

Al-Zarqawi arrested, says local media

04/01/2005 KurdishMedia.com
London (KurdishMedia.com) 04 January 2005: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whom the US occupation authorities have declared to be "target number one" in Iraq, has been arrested in the city of Baakuba, according to local Kurdish media.

Al-Zarqawi, leader of the radical Islamic group Al-Tawhid Wa’al-Jihad, whom the U.S. put a bounty of US$10 million, was recently appointed the director of the Al-Qaeda organisation in Iraq.

KurdishMedia.com could not verify the report.
http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=6025