August 21, 2015
THE WOT, TRADE AND GOLF:
White House confirms key Isis leader killed in US air strike (Reuters, 21 August 2015)
The second-in-command of the Islamic State militant group was killed during a US air strike in Iraq on Tuesday, the White House said on Friday, dealing a blow to the group that has sought to form a caliphate in the Middle East."Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz ... was killed in a US military air strike on August 18 while traveling in a vehicle near Mosul, Iraq, along with an Isil(Isis) media operative known as Abu Abdullah," White House spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 21, 2015 5:21 PM
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