REMARKS: Abu Ayyub al-Masri is the last remaining original member of the Mujahidin Shura Council in Iraq and remains a central figure in al-Qa‘ida in Iraq. Abu Ayyub is an Egyptian national who served as Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqawi’s senior operational coordinator and arranged the first meetings between Ansar-al-Islam commander Umar Baziyani and al-Zarqawi.

WANTED: Should be considered armed and dangerous. Al-Masri has conspired with al-Zarqawi and al-Qa‘ida in Iraq to launch terrorist attacks against US personnel and property in Iraq, to include constructing and supplying vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) used in suicide attacks and providing safehouses for insurgents. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was likely involved in the construction of the VBIEDs that were used in the al-Zarqawi network attacks on the UN headquarters and Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad, the Ashura and Arba‘in commemoration bombings, and the Assassins Gate attack on the Coalition Provisional Authority.

REMARKS: If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office if you are in the United States, any US Military unit if you are in Iraq, or the nearest US Embassy or Consulate if you are in other locations.