Iraq's al Qaeda leader killed: Arabiya TV

Dubai, Oct 5: Iraq's al Qaeda leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been killed, Al Arabiya television reported today.

It gave no further details. Masri, an Egyptian who is also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, assumed the leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq after Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in June.

Reuters