SOUNDS LIKE GOOD NEWS:

U.S. troops may have killed or arrested Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Saddam Hussein’s top former deputy suspected of leading the anti-U.S. insurgency, an Iraqi official said Tuesday. Officials of the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad said they had no information on the report.

Al-Douri — the highest-ranked Iraqi fugitive after Saddam — may have been arrested or killed in a U.S. raid in Kirkuk in northern Iraq, a senior Kurdish official in Kirkuk said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The sourcing seems a bit thin on this one, so stay tuned. I certainly hope it’s true.

UPDATE: This Reuters story seems a bit more certain that it’s true.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Looks like it’s not true after all. Remember: initial reports are usually wrong.