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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 16 > No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq commander is dead

No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq commander is dead


October 16, 2008

BAGHDAD — A Moroccan fighter identified by the U.S. military as the No. 2 commander in al-Qaida in Iraq detonated a suicide vest rather than surrender when American soldiers attacked his hide-out last week in the northern city of Mosul, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

The fighter,....

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