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U.S.-led raids in Iraq kill and capture Islamic State fighters
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:21am EDT
U.S.-led raids in Iraq kill and capture Islamic State fighters
ERBIL, IRAQ | BY ISABEL COLES
A member of Islamic State's war council and two aides were killed in northern Iraq on Monday by U.S. and Kurdish commandos in the second helicopter raid in two days in the area by a U.S.-led coalition, Kurdish security sources said.
A statement by the Kurdish regional security council said Monday's raid south of the Iraqi city of Mosul killed Suleiman Abd Shabib al-Jabouri, also known as Abu Saif.
As a member of the militant group's war council, the statement said, he had been responsible for offensives in Makhmour, 80 km (50 miles) from Mosul, where an Iraqi army push launched last month has stalled.
In a separate operation on Sunday, troops from a U.S.-led coalition landed a helicopter north of Mosul and seized at least one Islamic State member from a vehicle, witnesses and Kurdish security sources said.
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U.S.-led raids in Iraq kill and capture Islamic State fighters
ERBIL, IRAQ | BY ISABEL COLES
A member of Islamic State's war council and two aides were killed in northern Iraq on Monday by U.S. and Kurdish commandos in the second helicopter raid in two days in the area by a U.S.-led coalition, Kurdish security sources said.
A statement by the Kurdish regional security council said Monday's raid south of the Iraqi city of Mosul killed Suleiman Abd Shabib al-Jabouri, also known as Abu Saif.
As a member of the militant group's war council, the statement said, he had been responsible for offensives in Makhmour, 80 km (50 miles) from Mosul, where an Iraqi army push launched last month has stalled.
In a separate operation on Sunday, troops from a U.S.-led coalition landed a helicopter north of Mosul and seized at least one Islamic State member from a vehicle, witnesses and Kurdish security sources said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-raid-idUSKCN0XF1HT