Senior al-Qaida leader killed in Iraq

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BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (Agencies): The US military says it has killed a senior al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding deadly bombings in Baghdad.
The military says US troops acting in self-defense also killed his wife in Friday's firefight.
Saturday's statement identifies the man killed as Mahir Ahmad Mahmud Judu' al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami.
It says he directed the insurgent cell that was believed to be responsible for nearly simultaneous car bomb and suicide attacks that killed at least eight people on Thursday.