A U.S. drone strike destroyed a vehicle in Iraq's capital Baghdad Wednesday night, killing at least one commander of the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia, blamed for the attack that killed three Americans last month.
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Security sources confirmed details of the strike after several loud blasts sounded across the city.
Two officials with Iranian-backed militias in Iraq said that one of those killed was Wissam Mohammed 'Abu Bakr' al-Saadi, the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah's operations in Syria.
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