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help of american intelligence and there are reports out there, we have not independently confirmed, that al-masri is one of these two men, who have been killed, reportedly, by you know, according to these statements by the prime minister. and we are looking to nail that down, but i can tell you that that is what the iraqi prime minister is telling reporters this morning. that al-masri is among them and would be a huge development in the fight against al qaeda in iraq, we ll continue to follow all of these developments. and, we ll let you know what we can and cannot confirm in that story. martha: a volcano in iceland literally paralyzed travel plans for nearly 7 million people. worldwide. who would have expected this coming our way, right? look at the black smoke pouring across the skies, at the height at which planes fly and that has been one of the big problems and with chaos comes criticism, the international air transport
here at heathrow airport today. this is the cause of the chaos, a vast cloud of ash spewing from a volcano in iceland, reaching over 30,000 feet. drifting across the north atlantic in parts of europe, a potentially deadly menace to any aircraft flying into it. all over europe, airports have turned into parking lots. in great britain, ireland, denmark, sweden, belgium, holland, all flights grounded. partial closures in norway, finland, france, and germany. and switzer larnd land. gordon brown says there was no choice. it s important that everybody s safety comes first. reporter: across the world, travel for hundreds of thousands of people has been disrupted. we can totally accept why we re not flying, so we re not sitting here, we re angry or anything. reporter: iceland is a forbidding landscape of fire and ice, a volcanic hot spot and this particular one became active in march, then subsided until blasting through an ice cap yesterday.
this. all flights in and out of several countries, including britain, have been grounded. 1,000 flights alone canceled here at heathrow airport today. this is the cause of the chaos, a vast cloud of ash spewing from a volcano in iceland, reaching over 30,000 feet. drifting across the north atlantic in parts of europe, a potentially deadly menace to any aircraft flying into it. all over europe, airports have turned into parking lots. in great britain, ireland, denmark, sweden, belgium, holland, all flights grounded. partial closures in norway, finland, france, and germany. gordon brown says there was no choice. it s important that everybody s safety comes first. reporter: akrols the world, travel for hundreds of thousands of people has been disrupted. we can totally accept why we re not flying, so we re not sitting here, we re angry or anything. reporter: iceland is a forbidding landscape of fire and ice, a volcanic hot spot and this particular one became
also grounding flights. aviation experts estimate some 6 million passengers are affected around the world. one passenger in boston says it best. of all the things that could have gone wrong, a volcano in iceland? it is affecting more than air passengers. a spokesman says airlines are losing $200 million a day. rick is working this one from new york. things are not getting better at this point. euro control, the agency that controls all air-traffic control for europe says the problems will last well into the weekend and flight are canceled at all london airports until tomorrow at 7:00 local time. that could be pushed further because the cloud of ash is moving slowly and the volcano is still erupting. what makes is dangerous is the fact it gets in and starts to melt, right?