Breaking- Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al Masri killed

Dude's got a bit of that crazy eye thing going doncha think? Just breaking on MSBNC, more as I get it.

Update via BBC, MSNBC tv is saying that the Pentagon has confirmed it-

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki says an intelligence team has killed the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.

Mr Maliki said Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, believed to lead al-Qaeda's local affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq, had also been killed.

There is no confirmation of the reports and no comment from the US military.

There have been previous reports that Masri has been captured, but these have turned out to be untrue.

McCain gets brushed aside, Senate confirms Hill as Iraq ambassador

By GottaLaff

Better late than never:

The Senate on Tuesday easily confirmed the nomination of Christopher Hill as the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq, brushing aside strong opposition from 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain.

So much for John Sidney's influence.

Senators voted 73-23 to confirm Hill, a day after approval of a key process vote, by a similar margin, had made it clear that Hill had widespread support in the Senate. Nevertheless, Republicans Sam Brownback of Kansas and McCain had blocked the chamber from short-cutting the process.

Brownback said in a floor speech Monday that Hill had performed poorly in his previous job as U.S. ambassador to North Korea, given that the country has gone ahead with nuclear ambitions that appear hostile to some. Brownback is simultaneously pushing a bill to restore the status of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation which the Bush administration removed in 2008.

Maybe this is what got under their skin:

McCain also cited Hill’s “failure” to prevent North Korea from launching nuclear missiles, as well as comments he made to a New York Times reporter about the Bush administration, saying "These (expletives) don’t know how to negotiate," and that his instructions from Washington showed “a complete lack of understanding about how the world works.”