Much to Tom Tancredo’s chagrin…….

By LAUREN FRAYER
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. troops killed the al-Qaida mastermind of the latest bombing at a prized Shiite shrine, and at least 13 people died when mortars rained down on their Baghdad neighborhood, officials said Sunday.

Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al-Badri was the al-Qaida in Iraq emir of Salahuddin province, and the figure responsible for the June 13 bombing of the twin minarets at the Golden Dome mosque in Samarra, the U.S. military said in a statement. He died in a U.S. operation east of Samarra on Thursday, though his death was announced three days later.

“Al-Badri was positively identified by close associates and family members,” the statement said.

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