Special report: Tension escalates in
Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The top
leader of al-Qaida in Iraq organization Abu Umer al-Baghdadi, also known as head
of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq, was killed in western Baghdad
neighborhood, state-run Iraqia television reported on Thursday.
"Abu Umer al-Baghdadi was killed in Ghazaliah and his body
is under control of the Interior Ministry. His body has been identified,"
Brigadier General Abdul Karim Khalaf, spokesman ofthe Interior Ministry, was
quoted as saying.
Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, spokesman of the
Multi-National Force-Iraq, said that he will hold a press conference to discuss
recent success against the senior leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. Earlier in the
day, a source from Salahudin province told Xinhua that another senior leader of
al-Qaida was killed in the same area on Wednesday.
Muharib Muhammad Abdullah, also known as Abu Abdullah
al-Iraqi,is the head of al-Qaida media office.
Al-Iraqi was slaughtered with a knife by militants
from the "Islamic Army in Iraq," a Sunni insurgent group, on Wednesday afternoon
in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Ghazaliyah, the source added.
It was not clear whether the two sources were
referring to the same person or they were two senior al-Qaida leaders killed in
the same neighborhood.
Some Sunni insurgents in Iraq are reportedly angered
by al-Qaida's large-scale attacks against Iraqi population.
Earlier, the Iraqi government and the U.S. military said
they were probing reports on the death of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of
al-Qaida in Iraq.
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Source: Al-Qaida media head in Iraq killed
TIKRIT, Iraq, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A top leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was killed in Baghdad on Wednesday, a police source from Salahudin province told Xinhua on Thursday.
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Iraqi state-run television quoted Brigadier General Abdul Karim Khalaf, spokesman of the Interior Ministry, as saying that "news said that Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been killed in Nibaie area in Taji." Full story
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