-- BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police commandos captured the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said today, in what could mark a significant blow to the Sunni insurgency in its last urban stronghold.You think it's too late to call the Iraqi Human Rights Commission?
Iraqi Defence Ministry Spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of Abu Ayyub al-Masri – also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir – was reported by the Iraqi commander in Mosul.
Looks like ol' Abu is about to reap the whirlwind.
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UPDATE: 14:00 EST -- US says report is not true
U.S. military officials in Iraq say the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has not been captured.*
They denied reports from an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf, who told Iraqi state television on Thursday that Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been detained in a raid in the city of Mosul.
