US denies arrest of al-Masri, al-Qaeda in Iraq leader

May 9, 2008 

Major Peggy Kageleiry, a spokesperson for the US forces in Iraq, said "neither coalition forces nor Iraqi security forces detained or killed Abu Ayyub al-Masri. This guy had a similar name." 
When pressed for an answer by Associated Press, al-Askari said, "We called the commander of Ninevah operations 10 times and every time he insisted it was Abu Hamza al-Muhajir because when they caught him, they asked him whether his name was Abu Hamza al-Muhajir and he said yes." 
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is a known alias of Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
US denies arrest of al - Masri , al - Qaeda in Iraq leader May 9 , 2008 Major Peggy Kageleiry , a spokesperson for the US forces in Iraq , said " neither coalition forces nor Iraqi security forces detained or killed Abu Ayyub al - Masri . This guy had a similar name . " When pressed for an answer by Associated Press , al - Askari said , " We called the commander of Ninevah operations 10 times and every time he insisted it was Abu Hamza al - Muhajir because when they caught him , they asked him whether his name was Abu Hamza al - Muhajir and he said yes . " Abu Hamza al - Muhajir is a known alias of Abu Ayyub al - Masri .
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