# Zarqawi captured? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zarqawi-captured/283048 "2005-01-04T16:42:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zarqawi-captured/283048/1 "2005-01-04T16:42:58Z")
The international press is reporting that al-Zarqawi has been captured. > **[Google News](https://news.google.com/search?hl=en-US&q=Zarqawi&btnG=Search%2BNews&gl=US&ceid=US:en)** > > Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News. Here’s something ‘local’ - _The Washington Times_. I hope it’s true – [http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050104-095924-4037r.htm](http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050104-095924-4037r.htm) If al-Zarqawi has been captured it just may not be confirmed by Iraqi and US personnel until they’ve had a few days to sweat him for information. If true, this is certainly good news leading up to the elections. ---
**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zarqawi-captured/283048/2 "2005-01-04T17:02:05Z")
OK – the US military is denying that Zarqawi has been captured. Here a link to Drudge - Wonder how that got started? [http://www.drudgereport.com/flashai.htm](http://www.drudgereport.com/flashai.htm) ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zarqawi-captured/283048/3 "2005-01-04T21:15:32Z")
On talk radio this AM out of Atlanta it was suggested that the capture be denied, even if true, and after sweating, him early, late and often hold him for awhile and drop his head in the street of Baghdad or Riyadh