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U.S. officials: Leader of Islamic State in Libya believed killed in U.S. airstrike
Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:10 pm
A U.S. air strike is believed to have killed the leader of the Islamic State affiliate in Libya, Pentagon officials said on Saturday, in an attack that did not appear to be related to the terror attacks claimed by the group in Paris.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook, in a statement, said the strike took place on Friday and targeted Wisam al Zubaidi, also known as Abu Nabil al-Anbari, who commands what is the Islamic State’s strongest branch ouside of Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. intelligence officials. The former Iraqi police officer was dispatched to Libya in 2014 by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to build up the group’s affiliate there...................
washingtonpost.com
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook, in a statement, said the strike took place on Friday and targeted Wisam al Zubaidi, also known as Abu Nabil al-Anbari, who commands what is the Islamic State’s strongest branch ouside of Iraq and Syria, according to U.S. intelligence officials. The former Iraqi police officer was dispatched to Libya in 2014 by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to build up the group’s affiliate there...................
washingtonpost.com
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