The Jerusalem Post reports that Iraq's Interior Minister has suddenly gone coy about the latest rumors of an arrest of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda terror chief in Iraq:

Iraq's interior minister on Saturday refused to comment on rumors that the top terror leader in the country had been taken into custody.

"I wouldn't like to comment for the time being," Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said when asked about rumors that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been arrested. "Let's see. Maybe in the next few days we will make a comment about it."

Pressing him, a reporter asked, "Does that mean he is in custody?"

"No comment," the minister repeated.

Keep your eyes peeled; I'll try to track more down on this story. Bear in mind that we've been down this road before and found nothing. The curious response of the Interior Minister -- the non-response response -- certainly sounds encouraging.

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