Al Qaeda denies reports top leader in Iraq killed
An Iraqi insurgent umbrella group denied Tuesday that the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq was killed, saying he was alive and safe, according to an Internet statement.
''The Islamic State of Iraq reassures the Ummah (nation) that Sheik Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, God protect him, is alive and he is still fighting the enemy of God,'' the Islamic State said in a written statement posted on a Web site commonly used by insurgents. (AP)
