U.S.: Mastermind of Baghdad bombings killed

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U.S.: Mastermind of Baghdad bombings killed
By Kim Gamel - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Oct 4, 2008 12:40:44 EDT

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said Saturday it has killed an al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad as well as recent bombings and the 2006 videotaped execution of a Russian official.

American troops also killed the man’s wife after a firefight as they tried to capture him Friday in the northern neighborhood of Azamiyah in Baghdad, the military said.

Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, allegedly directed the insurgent cell believed to be responsible for nearly simultaneous car bomb and suicide attacks Thursday, according to the statement.

Iraqi police and hospital officials have said two dozen people were killed in Thursday’s attacks targeting two Shiite mosques in Baghdad.

The victims were attending prayers marking Eid al-Fitr, the religious holiday that comes at the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.


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