 The Iraqi government continued to insist that the man captured was indeed Baghdadi, however tapes and messages from Baghdadi were released throughout 2009 and 2010.On 18 April 2010, al-Baghdadi was killed when a joint operation of US and Iraqi forces rocketed a safe house southwest of Tikrit.ISI Minister of War Abu Ayyub al-Masri and al-Baghdadi's son were also killed in the attack and 16 others were arrested.