Seems promising, but not yet confirmed.
I think Fox News just confirmed it, but I was only listening with one ear...
Just in from PJM Bahgdad editor Omar Fadhil (May 3, 1.48 am PDT): Al-Iraqiya state TV has just reported that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of al-QaedaÂ’s political front organization the Islamic State of Iraq, has been killed in the Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad.
Al-Iraqiya says Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier general Abdul Kareem Khalaf confirmed that the ministryÂ’s forces have retrieved al-BaghdadiÂ’s body. Unlike the alleged killing of Abu Ayyub al-Masri earlier this week, today thereÂ’s an official statement from a high Iraqi official and the incident took place inside the Iraqi capital, not in a remote area where information is more difficult to collect and rumors abound. Still, the news is yet to be confirmed by more sources including US officials. |