Top-level Al Qaeda militant in Iraq Hajji Hammadi was killed in a raid by U.S coalition forces on November 11, 2008. According to the U.S. Military, Hammadi was suspected of the kidnapping and slaying of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin in the spring of 2004. Maupin's remains were found in March 2008.CNN: Iraq Raid Kills Suspect in Kidnap-slaying of Gi (November 20, 2008)
Hammadi was also suspected as the "mastermind" behind the June 2008 suicide bombing during a sheikhs' meeting in Karma, Iraq. The attack killed three U.S. Marines, the mayor of Karma and several others.CNN: Iraq Raid Kills Suspect in Kidnap-slaying of Gi (November 20, 2008)
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Believed to have coordinated the June 2008 attack in Anbar, Iraq, that killed three U.S. marines, two Iraqi interpreters and over 20 Iraqi'sWCPO.com: Military: One Of Maupin's Captors Killed In Iraq (November 20, 2008)
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Believed to have been connected with Iraq's Al Qaeda founder Abu Musab al-ZarqawiCNN: Iraq Raid Kills Suspect in Kidnap-slaying of Gi (November 20, 2008)
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