Iraq Baghdad Al Qaıda

epa02126238 Iraq's Defence Ministry spokesman Major-General Mohammed al-Askari (L) speaks to reporters during a visit to the site of a recent joint US-Iraqi raid that killed Abu Omar al-BaghdadiAbu Ayyub al-Masri, two top-ranking al-Qaida figures in an isolated area on the outskirts of Tikrit, northwest of Baghdad on 21 April 2010. Iraqi Security Forces, supported by United States Forces, killed the two most-senior leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) early 18 April during a series of joint security operations 10 km southwest of Tikrit.  EPA/SHEHAB AHMED