London, June 25: Britain's Daily Mirror said on Wednesday that US troops had arrested Iraq's information minister under Saddam Hussein, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, at a roadblock in a Baghdad suburb. There was no immediate reaction from Washington.

The ex-minister, dubbed ‘Comical Ali’ for proclaiming the defeat of US forces even as they moved into Baghdad, had been hiding out at a relative's house watching satellite TV, but was caught on Monday night, the paper said in a report from Baghdad.

"He has some serious talking to do...this time," a "senior coalition source" was quoted as saying. There was no independent confirmation of the story and no other sourcing. Bureau Report