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Senior IS official killed in air strike

World News

GDN Online DeskMon, 09 May 2016Mon, 09 May 2016

Abu Wahib seen flanked by ISIS subordinates in this still from a propaganda video

A US-led coalition air strike has killed a prominent Islamic State leader in Iraq’s western Anbar province, the Pentagon said Monday.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the May 6 strike near the town of Rutba – deep in the Anbar desert – targeted Abu Wahib, IS’s “military emir” for the vast western province.

Wahib was “a former member of Al Qaeda in Iraq who has appeared in IS execution videos,” Cook said, using an acronym for IS.

We view him as a significant leader in IS leadership overall, not just in Anbar Province,” he added.

“Removing him from the battlefield will be a significant step forward.”

The men were travelling in a vehicle when they were hit. Cook provided no additional details and did not specify if a warplane or a drone had carried out the strike.

The killing of Wahib is the latest in a series of attacks on senior IS leaders in Iraq and Syria, where the militants still control huge tracts of land despite an intense US-led air campaign dating back to August 2014.

Wahib's distinctive face featured prominently in IS propaganda. Last year, he was mocked on social media outlets for wearing a military outfit that some likened to shawarma sandwich meat.

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