Iraq Al Qaeda

epa02124224 A handout picture released by the Iraqi Prime Minister's office on 19 April 2010  shows al Qaeda's Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri after he was killed during a raid by USIraqi forces. Iraqi security forces backed by US troops killed al Qaeda's top two leaders in Iraq in what the US military described as a 'potentially devastating blow' to the militant group. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said al Qaeda's Iraq leader MasriAbu Omar al-Baghdadi, the purported head of its local affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq, were found dead in a hole in the ground inside a house after it was surroundedstormed by troops.  EPA/IRAQI PRIME MINISTER OFFICE - HO  EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES