BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military denied on Thursday reports it had killed the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Iraqi officials said they were awaiting the results of DNA tests on several suspects killed in a raid.
U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson said U.S. forces had conducted a raid "recently" on an al Qaeda cell in which suspected insurgents were killed.
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