Out of Central Command, we read this:

May 19, 2004 Release Number: 04-05-46

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COALITION FORCES RAID SUSPECTED FOREIGN FIGHTER SAFE HOUSE NEAR SYRIAN BORDER

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- At 3 a.m. May 19, Coalition forces conducted a military operation against a suspected foreign fighter safe house in the open desert, 85 km SW of Husaybah, and 25 km from the Syrian border.

During the operation, Coalition forces came under hostile fire and close air support was provided. Coalition forces on the ground recovered numerous weapons, 2 million Iraqi and Syrian dinar, foreign passports, and a SATCOM radio.

No mention of a Viennese table.

Drudge had the "U.S. troops kill 42 Iraqis at Wedding Party" as his top scare headline for an entire day, but this must have slipped through the cracks.