BAGHDAD, May 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has not been able to confirm a report that Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the top official of al-Qaida in Iraq, is dead, officials said Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, May 1 (UPI) -- Attacks on minibuses traveling south of Baghdad killed at least 14 travelers, most of whom were Shiites, provincial police reported on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD, May 1 (UPI) -- Infighting between Sunni Muslim insurgents resulted in the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- An Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was wounded in a battle with police and his top aide was killed in the clash.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Reports that al-Qaida's leader in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was killed in a military raid were dismissed Thursday by the U.S. military.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Two bombings in Iraq killed at least four people and wounded six others Sunday as officials reported they were closing in on al-Qaida's Iraqi leader.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq has instructed his followers in an audiotaped message to kill at least one American within the next 15 days.

WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. will pay up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the State Department says. The U.S. military believes the Egyptian-born Masri has taken over the Al-Qaida in Iraq terror ne

WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials in Iraq say they believe they have identified the successor to the slain terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi.