| Importance | Very High |
 | Means of Death | Hostile fire from U.S. forces3 |
| Date of Death | May 1, 20073 |
| Location of Death | North of Baghdad, Iraq3 |
 | Affiliation | Islamic State of Iraq |
| Role | Leader |
 | Affiliation | Al-Qaeda in Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi2 |
| Possibly the same as | Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri3 |
| Gender | Male |
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| Reliable | Purported leader of Sunni Islamic state within Iraq.
Abu Ayyub al-Masri declared allegiance to him in November 2006.
In May 2007, U.S. military officials said he may be the same person as Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, who was killed in a raid near Baghdad.1 |
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| 1 Nadia Abou El-Magd. 'Al-Qaeda in Iraq says it has 12,000 fighters.' The Associated Press: Nov. 10, 2006. |
| 2 Presumed from name. |
| 3 Damien Cave and Jon Elsen. "Qaeda Figure in Iraq Is Killed, U.S. Military Says." The New York Times, May 3, 2007. |
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