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May 3, 2007

US Military Says Senior al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Killed
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1751959:A6F02AD83191E16096295B5F71FCC64C9574F7DCC14957C0 Military official
says Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri's body was identified through DNA
testing 





Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri's picture on display during Gen.
Caldwell's news conference, 03 May 2007

The U.S. military says its troops have killed a senior member of
"al-Qaida in Iraq" who was involved in the kidnappings of Americans.

A U.S. military spokesman, Major General William Caldwell, said
Thursday that the insurgent group's minister of information, Muharib
Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, was killed Tuesday north of Baghdad.

General Caldwell said Jubouri's body was identified through DNA
testing and was turned over to members of his tribe. But he said Iraqi
authorities then seized the body at a checkpoint.

The general added that U.S. forces have no information to support
Iraqi reports of the killings of the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu
Ayyub al-Masri, and the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Omar
al-Baghdadi.

General Caldwell also said Syria appears to be doing more to stop the
flow of foreign fighters across its border into Iraq. He said fewer
militants are crossing that border.

Earlier, the American embassy said a rocket attack on Baghdad's
heavily fortified Green Zone killed four contractors working for the
U.S. government. The dead were one Philippine national, two Indians
and a Nepalese national.

An embassy statement issued Thursday said the attack took place
Wednesday and that it was making the announcement "with a profound
sense of sadness and regret."

Baghdad's Green Zone houses many Iraqi government ministries,
parliament and the U.S. and several other foreign missions.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.