Posted on Mar 9, 2016
ISIS 'minister of war' likely killed in US airstrike in Syria, defense official says | Fox News
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A senior Islamic State commander with a $5 million bounty on his head was targeted and “likely killed” in an airstrike in northeastern Syria last week, a U.S. defense official told Fox News Tuesday.
Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, also known as Abu Umar al-Shishani, is believed to have been killed in the aerial attack last Friday, according to U.S. officials.
The airstrike took place March 4 near the Syrian town of Al Shadaddi, a former ISIS stronghold that was captured in February by the U.S.-backed, predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces.
“His potential removal from the battlefield would negatively impact ISIL's ability to recruit foreign fighters - especially those from Chechnya and the Caucus regions -- and degrade ISIL's ability to coordinate attacks and defense of its strongholds like Raqqah, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq,” Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement on Tuesday.
Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili, also known as Abu Umar al-Shishani, is believed to have been killed in the aerial attack last Friday, according to U.S. officials.
The airstrike took place March 4 near the Syrian town of Al Shadaddi, a former ISIS stronghold that was captured in February by the U.S.-backed, predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces.
“His potential removal from the battlefield would negatively impact ISIL's ability to recruit foreign fighters - especially those from Chechnya and the Caucus regions -- and degrade ISIL's ability to coordinate attacks and defense of its strongholds like Raqqah, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq,” Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement on Tuesday.
ISIS 'minister of war' likely killed in US airstrike in Syria, defense official says | Fox News
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I'm going to wait on this. The last "important" person who we thought was killed turned out to be possibly alive. This is a real problem when using drones and no one on the ground to verify the deed was actually done. It also has a serious flaw when for $5m, I tell you some info that would lead you to believe that this person will be there. At the same time, I tell the person who you want to kill the US is coming for you and why. So you tell the US what it wants to hear, they get a positive ID from the shy prior to the strike this person is there, but not knowing that said person is in a different vehicle, or not even there since he could've been tipped off. Anyone who's been downrange knows that with the clothing that is worn, the beards and the headgear, many men look damn near like twins. So who did we "kill" becomes the issue.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/18/dead-or-alive-us-reportedly-unsure-terrorists-fate-eight-months-after-airstrike.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/02/18/dead-or-alive-us-reportedly-unsure-terrorists-fate-eight-months-after-airstrike.html
Dead or alive? US reportedly unsure of terrorist's fate eight months after airstrike | Fox News
U.S. officials are still unsure whether a notable terrorist in North Africa was killed in an airstrike last summer, according to a published report.
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Good! I wonder if there were spotters on the ground. He had a bounty of 5 million on his head.
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