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US: Claim that Russian Airstrike Killed IS Spokesman is 'Garbage'Russia's claim that it carried out the airstrike in Syria that killed Islamic State's spokesman and chief strategist is "garbage," a U.S. official tells VOA.In a statement, Russia's defense ministry said Russian warplanes killed up to 40 IS militants, including Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, during a bombing raid near Aleppo province on Tuesday.The United States said coalition forces had targeted Adnani in an airstrike in the Syrian city of al-Bab. The Pentagon said it is still assessing the result of that strike.Russia has been carrying out its own bombing campaign in support of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.Islamic State itself announced Abu Muhammad al-Adnani's death Tuesday, saying only that he was killed "while surveying the operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo."A U.S. defense official said Adnani was directly involved in recruiting foreign fighters and also directed Islamic State's major attacks outside of its strongholds in Syria and Iraq.Continued: http://www.voanews.com/a/is-spokesman-reported-dead-in-aleppo/3486706.html
