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jpak

(41,758 posts)
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 12:43 PM Apr 2017

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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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-islamicstate-idUSKBN1733IU

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Iraqi state-run TV says Islamic State second-in-command killed in airstrike (Original Post) jpak Apr 2017 OP
Don't understand how they get anybody to take that second-in-command gig Rural_Progressive Apr 2017 #1
Iraqi Air Force kills ISIS second-in-command. yallerdawg Apr 2017 #2
And theres 10,000's waiting in line to take his place elmac Apr 2017 #3

Rural_Progressive

(1,105 posts)
1. Don't understand how they get anybody to take that second-in-command gig
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 01:00 PM
Apr 2017

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)
2. Iraqi Air Force kills ISIS second-in-command.
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 01:05 PM
Apr 2017

US Air Force kills hundreds of civilians.

Must be different priorities.

Thank you, Mr. Precedent.

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
3. And theres 10,000's waiting in line to take his place
Sat Apr 1, 2017, 02:21 PM
Apr 2017

thanks to decades long wars that are very profitable to wall street

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