US military denies Al-Zarqawi caught

The US military today denied that Jordanian-born terrorism suspect Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi had been caught.

“That is false,” said an aide to Brigadier General Mark Kimmit, the deputy chief of operations. “I can tell you that Zarqawi has not been arrested. We just checked with the unit.”

Al-Zarqawi was rumoured to have been picked up in Hillah, a predominantly Shiite city 60 miles south of Baghdad, the scene of a bloody car bombing on Saturday night that killed about 20 people.