Jets hit al-Qaida stronghold in Iraq

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. warplanes bombed a house in an al-Qaida stronghold near the Syrian border Wednesday and a key terrorist operative was believed killed, the U.S. military said.

It was the second day of airstrikes aimed at what American commanders say is an increasing al-Qaida presence in the area near the border city of Qaim.

A U.S. military statement said Wednesday's attack was thought to have killed Abu Ali, a senior al-Qaida agent in charge of helping foreign fighters enter the country from Syria. He was believed in a house targeted in a Euphrates River village, the statement said."
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