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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081004/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestusqaeda_081004161703
Top Al-Qaeda Planner of Baghdad Bombings Slain
[AFP] Jay Deshmukh - U.S. forces have killed Mahir Ahmad Mahmud al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Rami, an al-Qaeda militant who planned some of the biggest bombings in Baghdad and who killed a group of Russian diplomats in 2006, the U.S. military said Saturday. "His removal from the AQI (Al-Qaeda in Iraq) network will send shockwaves through Baghdad's terrorist bombing networks," said U.S. spokesman Admiral Patrick Driscoll. Abu Rami was reportedly responsible for multiple car bombings and mortar attacks in Sadr City in 2006 and 2007, including the car bombings on November 23, 2006, that killed more than 200 people. In addition, Driscoll said, "In a video recording from June 2006, Abu Rami is seen shooting one of four Russian diplomats."