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| Four top ISIS leaders killed in last month’s Iraq raid, US military says |
| 2024-09-17 |
| [AlArabiya] US officials say the joint US-Iraq raid was one of largest in recent years Four top ISIS leaders were killed in Iraq during last month’s raid, the US military said on Friday, in what was a rare public acknowledgment by the Pentagon of such a large-scale operation. An initial statement by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said that the Aug. 29 raid resulted in the death of 15 ISIS operatives. On Friday, CENTCOM said that an ongoing post-raid assessment showed four senior ISIS leaders were killed, including the head of manufacturing for ISIS in Iraq. There had been a $5 million reward for information on Abu Ali al-Tunisi’s whereabouts from the US because of his work with ISIS. He is also accused of providing advanced training on weapons development and manufacturing chemical weapons. Read the rest at the link Related: Abu Ali al-Tunisi 03/08/2016 Over 200 jihadis desert ISIS in Raqqa Abu Ali al-Tunisi 03/07/2016 Blue on blue: ISIS commander killed by own troops in Raqqa |
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