World | al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraqi Army Nabs Key Militant Leader Soldiers in Mosul arrest chief of Al-Qaeda in Iraq By John Johnson Posted May 8, 2008 4:55 PM CDT Copied In this June 15 2006 file photo, a U.S. soldier at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq stands by a photograph of Aub Ayyub al-Masri. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File) The Iraqi army has arrested the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the AP reports today. Defense officials said they took Abu Ayyub al-Masri into custody in Mosul. He has led the group—which last month called for stepped-up attacks against US forces—since 2006. Masri helped set up the first al-Qaeda cell in Baghdad after the US invasion in 2003. Read These Next Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Some of the most explosive Diddy allegations are dropped. Sienna proves herself to be a very, very good dog. Sprinter suffers wardrobe malfunction, still manages to win. Report an error