Al Qaeda's Two Top Iraq Leaders Killed In Raid

Al Qaeda's Two Top Iraq Leaders Killed In Raid

By REUTERS

Published: April 19, 2010

Summary

Two of the most senior leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq were killed in a milatary operation. The terrorists were Abu Ayub Al-masri and Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi. One was a milatary leader while the other one was a leader of the Aslamic state of Iraq. Al-Baghdadi had the tittle of if prince faithful. A US soldier was killed in the attack as well as other people. The mission took place in Northern Iraq, where they found messages sent by Osama bin Laden. Both terriosts at one point believed to be dead but obvously being false.