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Kurds say Islamic State oil overseer killed in joint ops with U.S
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:19pm EDT
Kurds say Islamic State oil overseer killed in joint ops with U.S
The Islamic State militant in charge of the group's oil operations in Iraq and Syria was killed on Thursday in a joint operation between the Iraqi Kurdish and U.S. Special forces, the Kurdistan Region Security Council said in a statement.
Sami Jassim al-Jabouri, also known as Haji Hamad, and his aide were killed "in the vicinity of Qaim," an Iraqi town near the Syrian border, the statement said.
A Pentagon spokesman said coalition forces conducted a combined operation against an Islamic State "associated target" in Iraq on Aug. 11 but were assessing the results of the operation.
"The mission was coordinated with and approved by the Government of Iraq and conducted in partnership with Iraqi Security Forces," said Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman.
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Kurds say Islamic State oil overseer killed in joint ops with U.S
The Islamic State militant in charge of the group's oil operations in Iraq and Syria was killed on Thursday in a joint operation between the Iraqi Kurdish and U.S. Special forces, the Kurdistan Region Security Council said in a statement.
Sami Jassim al-Jabouri, also known as Haji Hamad, and his aide were killed "in the vicinity of Qaim," an Iraqi town near the Syrian border, the statement said.
A Pentagon spokesman said coalition forces conducted a combined operation against an Islamic State "associated target" in Iraq on Aug. 11 but were assessing the results of the operation.
"The mission was coordinated with and approved by the Government of Iraq and conducted in partnership with Iraqi Security Forces," said Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-kurds-islamic-state-idUSKCN10M20C
