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US-led coalition bombs IS chemical weapons sites: Pentagon
Source: AFP
Washington (AFP) - The US-led coalition carried out the first air strikes on Islamic State chemical weapons sites, the Pentagon said Thursday, acting on information from a captured insurgent.
The successful multiple bombings came as a result of intelligence from Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar, also known as Abu Dawud, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said, confirming the name of the senior IS group operative said to be a chemical weapons expert for the group.
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