TARIQ AZIZ: Shot while trying to defect, according to unconfirmed reports. I don’t know how much credence to give this, but it’s interesting.

UPDATE: According to this report Aziz has defected, and is alive. Stay tuned. (LATER: Now the story has been changed, and says he hasn’t defected, or been shot.)

ANOTHER UPDATE: Hesiod has a bunch of Aziz-related links, and suggests that the invasion is underway already.

Beats me what’s going on. The fog of disinformation should be at its thickest right now.

YET ANOTHER UPDATE: Diana Moon has more.

LAST ONE: Aziz is reportedly live on Baghdad TV pointing out that he’s not dead and saying that people shouldn’t believe such reports. Hmm. Maybe the whole thing was Iraqi disinformation.