Iraqi state-run TV says Islamic State second-in-command killed in airstrike
Source: Reuters
Ayad al-Jumaili, the man believed to be the deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been killed in an air strike, Iraqi State TV said on Saturday, citing Iraqi military intelligence.
Jumaili was killed with other Islamic State commanders in a strike carried out by the Iraqi air force in the region of al-Qaim, near the border with Syria, the channel said, without giving the date of the raid.
The TV described Jumaili as Islamic State's "second-in-command" and "war minister".
The spokesman of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Rural_Progressive
(1,105 posts)For the past 20 years or so, that position seems to be an guaranteed death sentence.
Kinda' like being the red shirt guy on one of Star Trek's landing parties.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)US Air Force kills hundreds of civilians.
Must be different priorities.
Thank you, Mr. Precedent.
elmac
(4,642 posts)thanks to decades long wars that are very profitable to wall street