[Wallaby]

Denial from Iraq (but through a spokesman):

Channel NewsAsia

Iraq has denied rumour that its long-serving Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz has defected.

"Tareq Aziz continues to carry out his work in Baghdad," Uday al-Tai, director general of Iraq's information ministry, told reporters.

[Wallaby]

KurdishMedia News

"If it is turns out that Aziz has given himself up, it is predicted that Aziz would be handed to the American, and then it will be published."

[Travis McGee]

I saw Aziz on TV denying the rumors, and had the next thought: the rumors force the leadership to go on live television to deny the rumors and prove that they are still alive and communicating.

This gives our ELINT warriors the golden opportunity to fix their current locations.