Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Al-Masri Dead?

The leader of AlQuaeda in Iraq has reportedly been killed--by other insurgents.

The interior ministry in Iraq says it has received intelligence that the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been killed.

Abu Ayyub al-Masri, believed to be an Egyptian, has led the group since June 2006 when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a US air strike.


Al-Qaeda in Iraq is blamed for or has claimed some of the bloodiest insurgent attacks in Iraq since 2003.


According to Iraqi officials, al-Masri was killed in an "internal battle" between militants.


US officials have not confirmed the kill.

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