U.S. denies Iraqi reports al Qaeda leader dead
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The U.S. military and Iraqi government denied reports on Thursday that al Qaeda's leader in Iraq had been killed in a raid but said DNA tests would be conducted on bodies recovered after the attack to make sure.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces have arrested the   second most senior figure of al Qaeda in Iraq and killed 20   fellow militants, Iraq's national security adviser said on   Sunday, claiming a major victory over the insurgents.
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Abu Laith al-Libi, one of al-Qaeda's most senior commanders, was killed in Pakistan Monday, Western officials said today.
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An al Qaeda-led group in Iraq appealed to Americans on Thursday to reject the policies of President George W. Bush and issued a video apparently showing the remains of a U.S. pilot killed in a crash last year.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops killed at least 68 al Qaeda militants in Iraq's Diyala province in the past four days, the U.S. military reported on Friday.
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The U.S. military on Friday cast doubt on a report from the Iraqi government that al Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded in clashes with police.
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The U.S. government is unable to   confirm a French newspaper report that al Qaeda leader Osama   bin Laden is believed to have died last month in Pakistan, the   U.S. State Department said on Saturday.
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Iraqi police said they killed an al Qaeda in Iraq leader on Saturday in the northern city of Samarra, a day after five U.S. soldiers were killed in two explosions elsewhere.
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The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in western Iraq or counter al-Qaeda's rising popularity there, according to newly disclosed details from a classified Marine Corps intelligence report that set off debate in recent months about the military's mission in Anbar...
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Saddam Hussein had no relationship   with al Qaeda, including Iraq-based guerrilla Abu Musab al   Zarqawi, despite claims by President George W. Bush and other   administration officials, a Senate report released on Friday   said.
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Al Qaeda&#39;s Iraq affiliate has taken responsibility for a series of deadly attacks there, according to an unverified Internet statement.
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A key al-Qaida in Iraq leader described as the group&#039;s &quot;religious emir&quot; was killed in a U.S. airstrike hours before two American soldiers went missing and in the same area, the military said Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD, March 3 -- Several al-Qaeda in Iraq insurgents who had targeted U.S. helicopters were killed in an airstrike north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Saturday. A second strike killed members of another al-Qaeda cell that has orchestrated car bombings.
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Iraq's interior minister on Saturday refused to comment on rumors that the top terror leader in the country had been taken into custody.
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U.S. forces killed a militant linked to al Qaeda who masterminded truck bomb attacks on Iraq's minority Yazidi community last month that killed more than 400 people, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
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Iraqi police have wounded the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq and killed his top aide, a spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry told CNN Thursday. The spokesman said Iraqi police have the body of the aide but he would not comment on if Abu Ayyub al-Masri was captured. The U.S. military has so far made no comment on the report. CNN has not independently confirmed the report.
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An Internet statement posted Sunday said that the leader of an al-Qaida-linked terror group had not been captured, contradicting an Iraqi government report.