Al-Qaida in Iraq leader 'killed'

Al-Qaida in Iraq’s leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been killed in a gun battle between militants north of Baghdad, news reports said today.

Tue, 01 May, 2007 - 10:31

Al-Qaida in Iraq’s leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been killed in a gun battle between militants north of Baghdad, news reports said today.

Reports quoted an Interior Ministry spokesman as saying they had confirmed intelligence regarding the death.

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