[Cap Huff]

Oh boy. Get ready for a thread full of stock comments . . .

[Straight Vermonter]

I know. I hesitated to even put it in but it is being reported in this Saudi paper and in this Israeli report:

Iraqi Sources Claim U.S. Forces Arrest Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq
15:41 Mar 06, '05 / 25 Adar 5765

Sources in Iraq claim that United States Armed Forces have arrested the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu-Masab a-Zarqawi.

Some sources say he was arrested with three assistants, while others claim he was arrested before Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s last visit to Iraq.

The United States has posted a $25 million award for information leading to the capture of the al Qaeda leader.