 (KUNA) -- Senior officials denied on Monday reports alleging that the chief of Al-Qaeda in Al-Rafidain Abu Ayyoub Al-Masri was being | fawned over and treated like a pasha in the best bathhouse in Cairo |
held in a prison in Egypt. General William Caldwell, spokesman of the Multi-National Forces, said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), "We have no information indicating that Abu Ayyoub is being held in a prison in Egypt .. This is the first time we have heard about such reports." Dr. Ali Al-Dabbagh, spokesman of the Iraqi Government, also affirmed that the authorities possessed no information that the chief of the shadowy organization was | being fed dates and honey by dark-eyed beauties |
imprisoned in Egypt, but indicated that top leaders of the group were | off to the milliners' to be fitted for the finest silk turbans and curly-toed slippers |
embroiled in squabbles and power disputes. Family of Mohammed Hazzaa', also known as Abu Ayyoub Al-Masri, had said that he was being held at the Egyptian prison of Wadi Al-Natroun. The family also said that the 55-year-old man was suffering from multiple illnesses including cardiac diseases. The American military command in Iraq has recently publicized a videotape film showing Al-Masri rigging a truck with explosives. |