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BAGHDAD - Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the Iraqi leader of al Qaeda, has been wounded and his top aide killed in a clash with police, CNN reports on its website.
An Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said Iraqi police encountered an insurgent group on the road between Falluja and Samarra and, in a firefight, wounded al-Masri and killed his top-aide Abu Abdullah al-Majamiai.
The spokesman said Iraqi police have the body of al-Majamiai and would not comment on the whereabouts of al-Masri.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
