Saddam Hussein's whereabouts remains a mystery today amid reports and denials he had been moved to the Gulf state of Qatar.
The US military declined to say where it was keeping the former dictato "for security".
US-led troops captured Saddam (66), who was toppled in April, on Saturday in a dirt hole near his hometown of Tikrit. The Central Command has its war headquarters in Qatar.
The US-based CNN, monitored in London, said "Saddam Hussein is being held in a US installation in Qatar".
But Mr Muwafaq al-Rubaiye, a member of Iraq's Governing Council, told Dubai-based Al Arabiya television: "There is no truth to this news. Saddam is still in Iraq. Saddam will be put on trial in Baghdad in an Iraqi court that will be fair."
A senior Qatari official said: "It is very unlikely that Saddam would be brought to Qatar . . . I am not aware of any developments on this front".
Saddam is being interrogated by US forces after his dramatic capture near his hometown of Tikrit yesterday.
It has also been reported that Saddam has divulged information about insurgency, leading to capture of "key" rebel leader in Baghdad, US military commanders said.
Earlier Major Brian Reed, of the Fourth Infantry Division, which captured him reported that Saddam had offered to negotiate.
"I'm Saddam Hussein, I'm the president of Iraq and I'm willing to negotiate'," Saddam said, according to Maj Reed. "The response from soldiers was: 'President Bush sends his regards'," Maj Reed added.
Last night it was reported that Saddam Hussein had denied during the initial interrogation after his capture that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
Citing a US intelligence official in Iraq, the Time Magazinereport said that when asked if his government had such weapons Saddam replied: "No, of course not. The US dreamed them up itself to have a reason to go to war with us."
The news magazine reported that the official, who read a transcript of the interrogation of the former Iraqi president, said the interrogator asked: "If you had no weapons of mass destruction, then why not let the UN inspectors into your facilities?"
Saddam's reply: "We didn't want them to go into the presidential areas and intrude on our privacy."
The US intelligence official, who was not identified, told the magazine that Saddam had not been very co-operative and did not answer any of the initial questions directly.
The transcript was full of "Saddam rhetoric type stuff," said the official, who paraphrased some of Saddam's responses.
According to the report, when asked, "How are you?" Saddam responded: "I am sad because my people are in bondage."
Both Timeand Newsweekreported that after he was taken into custody Saddam had been taken to a holding cell at Baghdad airport, where other top Iraqi detainees are held for interrogation.
Newsweeksaid that the former Iraqi leader identified himself as he surrendered with no resistance.
US Defence Secretary Mr Donald Rumsfeld said Saddam's treatment would be "governed by the Geneva convention." Iraqi Governing Council members said Saddam faced trial by a tribunal agreed with Washington only last week - and that may mean he risks the death penalty.
Washington will hope to extract intelligence from Saddam on alleged nuclear, chemical and biological weapons - a basis that Mr Bush used to justify waging war on Iraq. Little evidence has been found so far.
Agencies