Just when you thought it couldn't get more ****ed up:

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- 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.

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