[Do not dub me shapka broham]

How does a reporter jump from the statement that "American and Iraqi forces are investigating the possibility" to the Iraqi foreign minister asserting that Zarqawi is thought to be dead?

Am I missing something?

[KC Burke]

The fact that three of them blew themselves up corresponds in the Iraqi official mind with the supposed report that Mr. Z travels with a self-destruct belt to keep his promise of not being taken alive.

As someone else has said, however, we will probably find him in a hole like Saddam or wearing women's clothes trying to escape.

[No Blue States]

Ive found that the Iraqi officials are sometimes less than credible concerning breaking news events there.