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Abu Ayyub al-Masri (/ ˈ ɑː b uː ɑː ˈ j uː b ɑː l ˈ m ɑː s r i / ⓘ AH-boo ah-YOOB ahl MAHSS-ree; أَبُو أَيُّوبَ ٱلْمَصْرِيُّ, ʾAbū ʾAyyūb al-Maṣrī, translation: "Father of Ayyub the Egyptian"; 1967 – 18 April 2010), also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir (pronunciation ⓘ; أَبُو ...
Abu Ayyub al-Masri (an Egyptian also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir), was the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq from June 2006 until its dissolution in October 2006. Weeks after the formation of ISI, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir gave bay'ah to Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and declared that AQI had ceased to exist, being entirely supplanted by the ISI.
Jun 13, 2006 · Farhana Ali, a terrorism expert at the RAND corporation, says Abu Hamza al-Muhajir may be an alias of Abu Ayub al-Masri, an Egyptian trained in Afghanistan who was identified by the U.S....
Apr 19, 2010 · Iraqi and U.S. forces have killed the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq -- Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir -- in what the U.S. military said on Monday was a "potentially...
Apr 19, 2010 · A1: Iraqi intelligence and security forces successfully planned and executed this operation, killing both Abu Hamzah al-Muhajir (also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri), who was the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), and Hamid Dawud Muhammad Khalil al Zawi (also known as Abu Umar al-Baghdadi), who led an umbrella organization—called the ...
Jun 20, 2006 · In a defiant spirit, al-Qaeda announced the name of the man it appointed to the helm of its operations in Iraq less than a week after the death of al-Zarqawi: Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, who the U.S. government says is Sheikh Abu Ayyub al-Masri (al-Jazeera, June 15).
Apr 25, 2010 · STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Comes after U.S. announced deaths of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. Two men were killed in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation in a strike on April 18. Al-Masri, a...
May 1, 2010 · The question now is whether the group can recover from the loss of two leaders: Abu Ayyub al-Masri, an Egyptian who served as the military commander, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the chief...
May 1, 2007 · The interior ministry in Iraq says it has received intelligence that the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been killed in an "internal battle" between militants. Abu Ayyub al-Masri has led the group...
Apr 19, 2010 · Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced today that a government intelligence team has killed "al-Qaida in Iraq" leader Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, Reuters reports.
