U.S. forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, among several key members of the militant group eliminated this week, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday.
Carter identified the senior ISIS leader as Haji Imam and described him as the group’s finance minister. He said he was a “well-known terrorist” who had a hand in terrorist plots outside of Iraq and Syria.
“Leaders can be replaced. However, these leaders have been around for a long time. They are senior, they are experienced,” Carter told a Pentagon news conference.
Carter did not say whether the ISIS finance leader was killed in Syria or Iraq.
Appearing at the news conference with Carter, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there has been no fundamental shift in the U.S. approach in Iraq, and he said efforts are under way to accelerate the campaign.
The U.S. military has killed numerous Islamic State leaders in recent months. Earlier this month the Pentagon said it killed Omar al-Shishani, described as the Islamic State’s “minister of war,” in an airstrike in Syria. In November, the Pentagon said an airstrike in Libya killed Abu Nabil, another top ISIS leader.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
One down–a billion more to go.
I can’t believe that Barry would have allowed such a thing. They must have done it without his knowledge.
Justice for Bleguim, Paris, San Bernadino, Israel, London, Tokyo, and all the other Islamic terror incidents will only find Justice when all radical Islam is completely destroyed and there is peace and safety in our public places once again. Anything less is just a lie and appeasement of the Dark forces of jihad.
Interesting!
One of the things that suicide bombers should be aware of and their clergy will never tell them, is that the Koran preaches that castrated men cannot go to heaven. (and enjoy the virgins). Castration is one of the severest punishment for Muslim men .The fact is that when a suicide bomber blows himself up with a explosive vest, the head blows of mostly intact. That is why Israelis are so quick to determine who it was, They had enough training. But during the time of Henry XIII (Tudors) it was practice to do beheading for people who were a nuisance. From that time It is also known that the severed head lived for 3 to 8 seconds after the separation. The conclusion is: When a bomber loses his body and is therefore very much castrated indeed, he is still alive. According to the Koran, it is for him: ” Bye, Bye Virgins.”
P.S. It also partially applies for other suicide bombers because the head is the strongest part of the body when explosions are involved.
SO WHATS THE DEAL HERE ? SINCE WHEN DOES THE US MILITARY FIGHT BELGIUM BATTLES , GET THE PEOPLE OF THE EU TO FIGHT IT , THATS WHY WE ARE ALWAYS BROKE AND GOING TO MILITARY FUNERALS , ITS NONE OF OUR BUSINESS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE FALSE FLAGS TO START WITH . I AM SO OVER THIS GARBAGE