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December 16, 2005

Keystone Kops: Police Academy 10

READY READY READY TO -- ROCK AND ROLL! Iraqi security forces are locked and loaded, all right:

Official: Al-Zarqawi caught, released

Authorities didn't realize prisoner was terrorist mastermind

Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday.

Hussain Kamal confirmed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader who has a $25 million bounty on his head -- was in custody at some point last year, but he wouldn't provide further details.

A U.S. official couldn't confirm the report, but said he wouldn't dismiss it. "It is plausible," he said.

Let's see, he's got a prosthetic leg, and his face has been plastered all over everything for a couple years now. Nope, must be one of those unbefreakinlievable coincidences. Well, it is the season of miracles.

Posted by Jeff at December 16, 2005 06:29 AM