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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 05 > Al-Qaida in Iraq leader is reportedly killed

Al-Qaida in Iraq leader is reportedly killed


October 5, 2008

BAGHDAD — An al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of executing a Russian official and orchestrating a recent wave of bombings in Baghdad has been killed by U.S. forces in a shootout, the military said Saturday.

Mahir Ahmad Mahmud Zubaydi and his wife were killed Friday when U.S. troops....

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