Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Laptop Seized

It's being reported that US officials think they barely missed capturing Zarqawi during raids that landed two of his associates in February.

During a news conference at the Pentagon Gen. Richard Myers, who is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "We were close." He declined to elaborate.

"Zarqawi, who has a $25 million bounty on his head, is thought to have orchestrated car bombings, kidnappings, assassinations and beheadings across Iraq.

Troops with a covert military unit were reportedly in place to arrest him as he was on his way to Ramadi, but he caught wind of them, ABC News reported late Monday, citing an unidentified senior military official.

The official said that a car was pulled over as it approached a checkpoint. A pickup trailing the car then turned and headed in the opposite direction.

Officials think Zarqawi was in the fleeing truck, but when U.S. teams pulled the vehicle over several miles later, he was not inside, ABC reported. In the truck, the official told ABC, U.S. troops found Zarqawi's computer and about $104,000."

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On the bright side, at least the US seized Zarqawi's laptop. It's being reported that the laptop contains information on multiple subjects including Zarqawi's health and his "My Pictures" folder.

"His computer ... has provided a treasure trove of information," says a Pentagon official who asked to remain nameless.