US forces kill two top al-Qaida figures in Iraq
US and Iraqi forces killed the two top al-Qaida figures in the country in a nighttime rocket attack on a safe house near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, a joint operation the US called a significant blow to the insurgency and a sign Iraqi security forces are strengthening.
The US military says the No. 2 leader of ``al-Qaida in Iraq'' has been killed during an operation in the northern city of Mosul.