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US kills militia leader behind deadly attack on troops

Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Lolita Baldor and Ammer Madhani

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Baghdad | A US drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday night (Thursday AEDT), killing a high-ranking commander of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia responsible for attacks on American troops in the region, the US military said.

The precision blast hit a main thoroughfare in the Mashtal neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad, attracting a crowd as emergency teams picked through the wreckage.

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