USA: IS andreman dödad under räd i Syrien
Den USA-ledda koalitionen har dödat terrorgruppen IS andreman i en räd i Syrien, uppger USA:s försvarsminister Ash Carter under en presskonferens.
Haji Imam ska enligt Carter ha fungerat som IS finansminister.
– Elimineringen kommer att hämma IS operationer, säger han.
Imams riktiga namn uppges ha varit Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli. Han ansågs ha stått näst i tur att ta över efter förre IS-ledaren Omar al-Baghdadi, men hans turkmenska bakgrund ska ha satt stopp för det. I stället tog nuvarande ledaren Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi över, skriver The Daily Beast.
bakgrund
Kallas också Abu Ala al-Afri
Wikipedia (en)
Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli (Arabic: عبد الرحمن مصطفى القادولي), alternatively known as Abu Ala al-Afri (أبو علاء العفري), was the Deputy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. It is believed he ascended to this position following unconfirmed reports of current leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being severely injured by an airstrike, leaving him unable to retain direct leadership of the group.
On May 14, 2014, Abu Ala al-Afri was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S Treasury Department.
On May 5, 2015, the U.S. State Department announced a reward of up to US$7 million for information leading to al-Afri's capture or death.
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense reported that Abu Ala al-Afri had been killed in a US-led coalition airstrike in Tel Afar, on May 12, 2015, along with dozens of other ISIL militants that were present. U.S. spokesmen were unable to corroborate the reports, with some unnamed officials expressing skepticism of the Iraqi claims.
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