US kills senior Egyptian al-Qaeda figure in Iraq

The US military said on Saturday that its forces had killed Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Masri, an Egyptian man believed to be a senior member of al-Qaeda in Iraq, on Friday.

Intelligence reports indicated that al-Masri worked directly for fellow Egyptian Abu Ayyub al-Masri, leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. The US military said Abu Abd al-Rahman was killed between Baghdad and the Sunni city of Falluja, west of the capital. (Reuters)