Let's hope they have a hard time finding others to take the place of these three.
Dec 11, 2015 5:41am IST
Related: WORLD, SYRIA, IRAQ
Three Islamic State leaders killed in recent strikes - U.S. military
WASHINGTON | BY IDREES ALI
Col. Steve Warren, the new spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, October 1, 2015.
REUTERS/KHALID MOHAMMED/POOL
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group's finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday.
Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing coalition strikes had killed Abu Salah, Islamic State's financial minister, in late November.
"He was one of the most senior and experienced members of ISIL's financial network and he was a legacy Al Qaeda member," Warren said.
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Dec 11, 2015 5:41am IST
Related: WORLD, SYRIA, IRAQ
Three Islamic State leaders killed in recent strikes - U.S. military
WASHINGTON | BY IDREES ALI
Col. Steve Warren, the new spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, October 1, 2015.
REUTERS/KHALID MOHAMMED/POOL
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has killed the group's finance minister and two other senior leaders in air strikes in recent weeks, a U.S. military spokesman said on Thursday.
Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing coalition strikes had killed Abu Salah, Islamic State's financial minister, in late November.
"He was one of the most senior and experienced members of ISIL's financial network and he was a legacy Al Qaeda member," Warren said.
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Three Islamic State leaders killed in recent strikes - U.S. military
