Thursday, October 05, 2006

Iraq's al Qaeda leader said killed; denied

In other news, Iraq's al Qaeda leader has been reported killed by Arabiya TV. But recent updates suggest it probably isn't true.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iraq's al Qaeda leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been killed, Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday. It gave no further details. Masri, an Egyptian who is also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, assumed the leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq after Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in June.

Breaking. DNA testing is apparently underway. Looks like it isn't al-Masri.

But the pursuit continues. Baghdad lockdown partly due to hunt of al-Qaeda chief: Coalition and Iraqi forces are in pursuit of al-Masri, thought to have been in Baghdad just last weekend. The lock down in the capital was partly to help in the capture or death of al-Masri believed to be in charge of the foiled attack on the Green Zone operation according to Bill Roggio

2 Comments:

Blogger Pyrthroes said...

Surname DNA testing reveals unequivocally that al Masri is close cousin to Howard Dean, in direct male line to Harry Reid with a Frum/Pelosi offshoot. Generations of inbreeding have produced the inevitable result. Allah be praised, America's retro-Left political establishment will now joyfully welcome in its own!

10/05/2006 05:00:00 AM  
Blogger Teresita said...

The best test for a dead al-Qaeda-in-Iraq leader is when they announce a new one. Hopefully such announcements will begin to occur with greater frequency.

10/05/2006 06:29:00 AM  

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