Bounty for an Al-Qaeda Leader Drops Dramatically

Hurry, hurry! Step right up! The bigger the terrorist threat, the bigger the prize! Anyone can go terrorist hunting, folks, but you gotta capture one to win!"Osama bin Laden and his deputy are each worth up to $25 million. Mohammed Ali Hamadei, the suspect in a 1985 Lebanese...

Iraq's al-Qaeda Leader Not Captured

Yesterday NowPublic reported that the Iraqi government had declared that al-Qaeda leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been captured. Today, it appears that he hasn't been. Turns out it was some other guy "with a similar name". Oops."BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military on Friday denied...

Iraq al-Qaeda Leader Arrested, army says

The Iraqi military claims to have arrested Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq." BAGHDAD - The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday....

Al-Qaeda Iraq leader 'arrested'

" The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been arrested, according to media reports quoting the country's defence ministry. Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was detained in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the reports said. There has so far been...