Al Qaeda in Iraq's Leader Captured?
The Blog (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Unconfirmed reports from Iraq indicate the Iraqi Army may have captured Abu Ayyub al Masri , the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq who was hand picked by Ayman al Zawahiri to succeed Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Al Masri has reportedly been captured in the northern city of Mosul, where al Qaeda is attempting to regroup after taking a beating from U.S. and Iraqi forces during the height of the surge in 2007. Reports...
