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U.S. Military Kills al-Qaida Leader
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| News Date | Monday, March 3, 2008 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A U.S. military helicopter fired a guided missile to kill a wanted al-Qaida in Iraq leader from Saudi Arabia who was responsible for the bombing deaths of five American Soldiers, a spokesman said March 2.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Gregory Smith said Jar Allah, also known as Abu Yasir al-Saudi, and another Saudi known only as Hamdan, were both killed Wednesday in Mosul.
According to the military, al-Saudi conducted numerous attacks against Iraqi and U.S. forces, including a Jan. 28 bomb attack that killed the five U.S. Soldiers.
In that attack, insurgents blasted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb and showered survivors with gunfire from a mosque. The Soldiers died in the explosion, the deadliest on American forces since six Soldiers perished Jan. 9 in a booby-trapped house north of Baghdad.
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