48 hour rule in effect. AoS.Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that Iraq's intelligence team killed Iraqi Al Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister says two of the most wanted al-Qaida in Iraq figures have been killed in a joint operation with the U.S.
Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri were killed in over the weekend when a joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces rocketed a home where they were hiding.
He showed reporters at a news conference pictures of two dead bodies he identified as al-Baghdadi and al-Masri. But his claims could not immediately be verified.
The Iraqi government has claimed multiple times over that it had either captured or killed al-Baghdadi, most recently a year ago.