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Senior Al Qaida leader killed in Iraq
Saturday, 4 October 2008
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A senior leader of Al Qaida has been killed in Iraq, according to the US military.
Officials said the man and his wife were killed by troops acting in self-defence in a firefight yesterday evening.
The man, known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, is believed to have been behind car bombs and suicide attacks that killed eight people in Baghdad on Thursday.
The military said he was also suspected of being involved in several other attacks against Iraqis and US forces in the past year and was seen in the videotaped execution of one of four Russian diplomats in June 2006.
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