US: Major al-Qaeda figure killed by precision missile strike in Iraq
The most wanted al-Qaeda in Iraq figure south of Baghdad was killed last weekend by a precision-guided artillery round, the US Military said Tuesday.
Abu Jurah, an al-Qaeda cell leader, died Saturday in the Arab Jabour area just south of the city after US troops received word that he and 14 others were meeting at a house there, a US statement said. (AP)
