Al Qaeda in Iraq

Al Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed that its top two leaders were killed during an April 18 raid by Iraqi and US forces. The sharia minister for the Islamic State of Iraq confirmed their deaths in a statement released over the Internet.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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