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May 08, 2008

Al-Masri Arrested in Mosul

Posted by Tina

The leader of al Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been arrested in the northern city of Mosul, an Iraqi Defence Ministry spokesman has said.

Spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was confirmed to him by the Iraqi commander of the province.

News of the arrest was also reported by Iraqi state television.

Posted by Post Scripts at May 8, 2008 02:33 PM

Comments

This is really big news... if it is true. it's almost too good... and the Iraqi's arrested him? Wow, that's really hard to believe.

Well lets see what the headlines say tomorrow before we get too excited.

Posted by: Jack at May 8, 2008 03:44 PM

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