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Following his kidnapping his abductors announced that they would hold him until US Forces pulled out of Qaim, however
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came under RPG and automatic rifle fire from insurgents in a farmhouse. The US forces returned fire, killing 4 of the fighters and wounding 3 others. Mahalawi's body was then found inside the house. The body was found blindfolded and chained to a gas cylinder, and had suffered from a blow to the
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