'No indication' al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed or wounded

The US military today said it has no indication that the al Qaida in Iraq leader was killed or wounded in a raid north of Baghdad, while an Iraqi army officer said his deputy has been jailed south of Baghdad for a week.

Interior ministry spokesman, Brig Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said this morning that terror leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was wounded and an aide killed yesterday in a clash with Iraqi forces near Balad, north of Baghdad.