Ash Carter: US Military ‘Systematically Eliminating ISIL’s Cabinet’

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News:

The U.S. military killed several key Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists last week, including a senior ISIL leader and finance minister who led certain external affairs and plots, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in Washington on March 25.

During a Pentagon press briefing, joined by Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Carter said the coalition is systematically eliminating ISIL’s cabinet, including Haji Imam.

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“He was a well-known terrorist within ISIL’s ranks, dating back to its earliest iteration as al-Qaida in Iraq when he worked under [the group’s leader Abu Musab al-] Zarqawi as its liaison for operations with Pakistan,” the secretary said.

Hampering ISIL Operations

“The removal of this ISIL leader will hamper the organization’s ability … to conduct operations both inside and outside of Iraq and Syria,” he said.

Carter said Imam is the second senior ISIL leader the coalition has killed this month. Earlier this month defense officials confirmed the death of ISIL’s so-called minister of war, Abu Omar al-Shishani, known as Omar the Chechen.

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Source:: Tactical Life