Iraqi who planned attack on Marines killed
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:39 pm
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Iraqi who planned attack on Marines killed
By Ryan Lucas - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Nov 20, 2008 12:16:08 EST
BAGHDAD — An al-Qaida in Iraq leader who was the mastermind behind a June attack which killed three Marines, including a lieutenant colonel, was killed in an American raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Thursday.
U.S. forces acting on a tip carried out the raid Nov. 11 in Baghdad’s Mansour neighborhood, killing Hajji Hammadi and another armed insurgent, the military statement.
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