US military kills two more Iraq Qaeda leaders

Baghdad, May 4: The US military said today it had identified two more senior al Qaeda in Iraq leaders killed in an operation north of Baghdad three days ago.

It said the latest two confirmed killed were Sabah Hilal al-Shihawi, who it said was the religious adviser of Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, and Abu Ammar al-Masri, who it described as a foreign fighter.

The US military said yesterday it had killed Jubouri, the senior information minister for al Qaeda in Iraq, in a raid in Taji, north of Baghdad. Shihawi and Masri were killed in the same operation.

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