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Another One Bites the Dust
If you are a leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, you have reason to be nervous:
US says Qaeda car-bomb chief killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) — US-led forces killed an Al-Qaeda militant allegedly responsible for a string of car bombings in Iraq, including an attack that killed 202 people in Baghdad, the US military said on Wednesday.
Abu Yaqub al-Masri was shot dead on August 31 near the town of Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, a statement said.
“Al-Masri, who is also known as Zakkariya or Doctor, was a military advisor to Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders in Baghdad and the surrounding belts,” the statement said.
“He provided guidance and direction for attack planning, coordination and execution.”
An Al-Qaeda leader captured earlier this year described Masri as “director of the group’s ‘car bomb division,’” it added.
Masri was one of the primary architects of a series of simultaneous car bombings in Baghdad’s sprawling Shiite slum of Sadr City last November that killed 202 people, the statement said.