05-16-2015, 11:10 AM
Another One Bites the Dust...IS Financial Leader Killed by US Special Ops in Syria
U.S. special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, who helped direct the group's oil, gas and financial operations, during a raid in eastern Syria, the Pentagon and White House said on Saturday.
National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said Obama had authorized the raid "upon the unanimous recommendation of his national security team" and as soon as the United States was confident all the pieces were in place for the operation to succeed.
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"^ Abu Sayyaf was a senior ISIL leader who, among other things, had a senior role in overseeing ISIL's illicit oil and gas operations -- a key source of revenue that enables the terrorist organization to carry out their brutal tactics and oppress thousands of innocent civilians," she said in a statement. "He was also involved with the group's military operations."
Umm Sayyaf, his wife, was captured during the Op and is currently in military detention in Iraq and under interrogation. She's suspected of being involved in the management of IS and human trafficking.
A young woman from the Yazidi religious minority was rescued.
Full story: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/16/middleeast...s-us-raid/
U.S. special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, who helped direct the group's oil, gas and financial operations, during a raid in eastern Syria, the Pentagon and White House said on Saturday.
National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said Obama had authorized the raid "upon the unanimous recommendation of his national security team" and as soon as the United States was confident all the pieces were in place for the operation to succeed.
"^ Abu Sayyaf was a senior ISIL leader who, among other things, had a senior role in overseeing ISIL's illicit oil and gas operations -- a key source of revenue that enables the terrorist organization to carry out their brutal tactics and oppress thousands of innocent civilians," she said in a statement. "He was also involved with the group's military operations."
Umm Sayyaf, his wife, was captured during the Op and is currently in military detention in Iraq and under interrogation. She's suspected of being involved in the management of IS and human trafficking.
A young woman from the Yazidi religious minority was rescued.
Full story: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/16/middleeast...s-us-raid/