Zarqawi heir also killed in raid; Jordanian intelligence

Amman, 13 June (AKI) - Islamic militant, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, who is indicated by the US command in Iraq as potential successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, also died in the raid that killed the Jordanian militant, according to intelligence sources in Amman. The Jordanian security sources, quoted by pan Arab daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, say given that death the most likely heir as emir of Al-Qaeda in Iraq is now Muhammad Saleh Hasan al-Aqidi. Jordanian intelligence services were fundamental in identifying the exact hideout of Zarqawi.