'Highly unlikely' al-Qaida leader killed, says US

Iraqi officials are doing DNA tests on a killed militant to determine if he is al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the deputy interior minister said today.

'Highly unlikely' al-Qaida leader killed, says US
Thu, 05 Oct, 2006 - 10:40

Iraqi officials are doing DNA tests on a killed militant to determine if he is al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the deputy interior minister said today.

However, the US military said it was “highly unlikely” the terror chief had been killed.

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