Lots of rumors have been swirling around about al-Masri’s alleged demise.

In May of 2007, supposedly he was dead, and now again, supposedly he is dead AGAIN–but this version says he died in Pakistan of hepatitis.

I think they’re just trying to save his miserable hide with rumors.

Because what actually happened is…

Nazal Sabar al-Jughaify, also known as Abu al-Jarrah, was arrested in the town of Haditha after police ambushed him following a tipoff from local citizens.

“Abu Jarrah is one of the main financiers of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and also a senior lieutenant of Abu Ayyub al-Masri,” Youssef told AFP in the provincial capital of Ramadi.

So…water carriers for the terrorists in the media immediately put out disinformation to counter any intelligence that might come out of that arrest about al-Masri, the egyptian.

Or maybe his aide put that out there, who knows.

Either way, until there’s a body, I think it’s a lie.