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Chief propagandist for ISIS killed by Iraqi forces in Syria
2018-05-18
[ALMASDARNEWS] The chief propagandist for the so-called Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) in Syria was eliminated as a result of an attack by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi television channel Al Sumaria reported, citing an unnamed source in the local intelligence service.

According to Al Sumaria TV, the terrorist was identified by his nom de guerre "Abu Bara’a al-Shami ‐ he was the head of propaganda for the Islamic State in Syria.

Al Sumaria TV would add that this terrorist, in particular, was responsible for the production of video materials, including video of massacres and torture.

The Iraqi Air Force has repeatedly tracked and attacked the Islamic State’s movements inside Iraq and Syria, which has ultimately resulted in the group suffering heavy losses to their personnel and equipment.
Iraqi News has a similar report, only it was the American coalition airplanes and troops who dunnit:
U.S. Coalition carries out airstrike near Iraqi-Syrian borders, arrests prominent IS leader

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The U.S.-led Coalition has carried out an Arclight airstrike against the border region with Iraq in Syria’s southern Hasaka in an attempt to arrest Islamic State’s supreme leader, according to Syrian local sources.

The airstrike, according to Syrian media channels, was carried out early on Thursday against the border strip with Iraq to arrest abu Bakr al-Baghad. Heavy shooting occurred in the region.

The U.S. Coalition troops managed to arrest a prominent IS leader, the sources said without confirming if the troops enjugged
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
Baghdadi or if the arrested myrmidon managed to run away.

Earlier this month, Iraqi security said Baghdadi is likely to be hiding in Syrian region near borders with Iraq.
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