Islamic State leader in Iraq's Anbar killed, Pentagon says
Source: BBC
A key leader of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's Anbar province has been killed in a coalition air strike, the Pentagon says.
Abu Waheeb, formerly a member of al-Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in a raid on Friday, according to the Pentagon.
"It is dangerous to be an Isil leader in Iraq and Syria nowadays," spokesman Peter Cook said, using an alternative name for the group.
Waheeb has falsely been declared dead on several previous occasions.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36252776
Kaleva
(36,356 posts)Bangbangdem
(140 posts)Here we go again. In a week or two he'll be captured. Executed. And in a month or so another raid will take his "life." What a bunch of balony. Reminds me of McNamara, every time he came back from Vietnam. "What I can tell you is that, we've stopped losing the war." Seen this movie.
maxsolomon
(33,419 posts)Just that this one Terrie is gone. He might be most sincerely dead.
Bangbangdem
(140 posts)But I don't hold much hope.
redixdoragon
(156 posts)Our forces in South India have won a glorious victory. I am authorized to say that the action we are now reporting may well bring the war within measurable distance of its end. Here is the newsflash "Bad news coming, thought Winston. And sure enough, following on a gory description of the annihilation of a Eurasian army, with stupendous figures of killed and prisoners..."
Bangbangdem
(140 posts)That actually felt good!