American and Iraqi Forces Kill Top-Ranking Al Qaeda Terrorist
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – American and Iraqi authorities said yesterday their forces had killed the no. 2 official in the Al Qaeda in Iraq organization in a weekend raid in Baghdad, claiming to have struck a “painful blow” to the country’s most feared insurgent group.
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