Leading fugitive Saudi militant 'killed in Iraq'

One of Saudi Arabia’s most wanted terror suspects was killed by an air-strike during fighting with US and Iraqi forces in north-west Iraq, the leader of the al-Qaida in Iraq group said in a website statement posted today.

Abdullah al-Rashoud had been number 24 on a list of the top-26 most wanted terror leaders put out by Saudi Arabia three years ago, and was one of only three militants on the list still at large.