"Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and US officials say two leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq have been killed in a joint Iraqi-US operation.
Mr Maliki said on national TV that the Iraqi al-Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who led an affiliate group, were dead.
US Vice-President Joe Biden said their deaths were "potentially devastating blows" to al-Qaeda in Iraq."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8630213.stm
Mr Maliki said on national TV that the Iraqi al-Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, who led an affiliate group, were dead.
US Vice-President Joe Biden said their deaths were "potentially devastating blows" to al-Qaeda in Iraq."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8630213.stm