U.S. and Iraqi security forces may have come close to capturing Iraqi al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the past two weeks and are weakening his network, Iraq's interior minister said on Thursday. "We are following him," Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib told Pentagon reporters in a video conference from Baghdad. "I think we missed him twice or three times, but hopefully next time we will be able to capture him. I think we arrived a bit late. Maybe we missed him by one hour. ... You know, he is not staying in one place. He is moving from one area to another. So, we will get him -- very soon, hopefully." Rumors of al-Zarqawi's capture have surfaced in recent weeks, including reports a month ago that he had been apprehended in the insurgent stronghold of Baquba, north of Baghdad. The minister declined to provide details of the latest raids, including where they occurred and whether they involved joint U.S.-Iraqi operations. But he said al-Zarqawi's support network had been weakened with the arrests of more than 350 "terrorists" in the three weeks before Sunday's election.