Here's one of the wildest rumors of the last week:

Al Jazeera claims that a delegation is on the way to Baghdad to negotiate a cease fire, as of last Wednesday. The report is based on an article from the United Arab Emirates' “leading semi-official daily newspaper, Alittihad”. Allegedly along for the ride with the delegation is “Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of the US Vice President Dick Cheney, representing the US Department of State, where she works as an Assistant to the Deputy of the Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs.”

There had been reports in other foriegn press and alternative media that Liz Cheney was on her way to become a “human shield”. Those reports appear to have been denied by the administration, saying that the VP is not headed to Amman to stop his daughters as had been reported elsewhere. “Everyone, including Dad, is stateside,” reported the right-wing rag The Washington Times.