URGENT / Al-Maliki says top two al-Qaeda leaders killed in Anbar

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Monday that the two leading al-Qaeda figures in the country were killed in a security operation in Anbar. “Abu Ayyub al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and a number of al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq were killed during a security operation in al-Tharthar region in Anbar,” al-Maliki said at a press conference, attended by IraqiNews.com news agency. SH (P) 5