| "Nope. Nope. Never happened. Nope." |
 The Al-Qaeda group of Iraq's most-wanted militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi denied a US report on Monday that 75 insurgents had been killed in a sweep near the Syrian border. 'The adorers of the cross claim to have killed 75 Muslims at Al-Qaim. Once more, they are lying, because lying is their religion,' said the statement on an Islamist website, the authenticity of which could not be verified. US forces said 75 insurgents were killed in the first 24 hours of operations in the area believed to be a Zarqawi stronghold. |