The Iraqi Government Interior Minister has reported The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq Abu al-Masri has been killed. The BBC is reporting:
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.
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Technorati Tags: Iraq, Al Qaeda, Global War On Terrorism, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Baghdad, Brig Gen Abdel Karim Khalaf, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, US military
