al-Masri not Iraq leader of al-qaeda

The US military announced after the death of al-Zarqawi that al-Masri had been appointed the leader of al-Qaeda's organisation in Iraq.

How did they know this? Did al-Qaeda inform the US military? Unlikely, and now the truth is revealed;

"al-Muhajir, also known as Sharif Hazaa, or Abu Ayub al-Masri, is in Tura prison in Cairo, where he has been held for seven years."

obviously one who is in prison in another country cannot be a new leader in Iraq. What I can't fathom is why the US military fabricate lies.

english.aljazeera.net...

Do you have any other links or info on this? Everywhere I have checked sais that he is the new leader, and I believe there was a message from Al Qaeda stating the same.

This one lawyer sais he saw him in prison, but I don't see any official statemant that he is indeed in the prison in Egypt.