Top Al-Qaida Leaders Killed in Iraq
Iraqi's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shows pictures of al-Qaida leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri before and after his death by Iraqi forces, supported by U.S. forces, on April 19, 2010. Al-Baghdadi was one of two top al-Qaida leaders killed in Iraq. UPI/Iraqi Government/HO
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WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida in Iraq is struggling to reorganize following the death of several of its leaders at the hands of U.S. and Iraqi forces, U.S. military leaders said.
BAGHDAD, May 17 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida's affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq, has named leaders to replace veterans killed by U.S. and Iraqi forces in April and has intensified its onslaught as Iraq's political barons duel for power after inconclusive March elections.
BAGHDAD, April 26 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida confirmed the deaths of two of its top leaders in Iraq.
BAGHDAD, April 25 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida in Iraq Sunday confirmed two of its leaders were killed in Tikrit in a joint U.S.-Iraqi military operation.
BAGHDAD, April 22 (UPI) -- Amid widespread concerns that Iraq's security forces cannot maintain stability as U.S. troop strength dwindles, Iraqi authorities are trumpeting a series of major coups against terrorism in recent days that could have immense political significance.
BAGHDAD, April 20 (UPI) -- Three senior al-Qaida members were killed by Iraqi and U.S. forces in Iraq over the past days, officials said.
BAGHDAD, April 20 (UPI) -- The leader of an al-Qaida terrorist group operating north of Baghdad was killed by U.S. forces, an Iraqi military commander said Tuesday.
BAGHDAD, April 20 (UPI) -- Two leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq were killed in an operation carried out by Iraqi and U.S. forces, officials said.
BAGHDAD, April 19 (UPI) -- Two Iraqi al-Qaida leaders have been killed in a U.S. airstrike, U.S. and Iraqi leaders announced Monday.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Coalition forces killed al-Qaida in Iraq's second-in-command during an operation earlier in October in Mosul, the U.S. military command announced Wednesday.
