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Undated file photo released by the U.S. military of Abu Ayyub al-Masri
09 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
An undated file photo released by the U.S. military of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, alias Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, in Baghdad June 15, 2006. Iraqi security forces have detained a man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said on May 9, 2008. The U.S. military in Baghdad said it was checking the reports that Abu Ayyab al-Masri, an Egyptian also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, had been detained. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Handout/Files (IRAQ). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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