US-led coalition targets Islamic State’s leadership in Mosul ahead of ground offensive
By Thomas Joscelyn | September 30, 2016 | tjoscelyn@gmail.com | @thomasjoscelyn
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The US-led coalition has killed 18 Islamic State leaders in the past 30 days, according to Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Colonel John Dorrian. Thirteen of them were based in or around Mosul, Iraq.
Dorrian briefed the press on the airstrikes yesterday, saying that the deceased jihadists “were part of their [the Islamic State’s] military intelligence communication networks in Mosul.”
The airstrikes “have targeted military commanders, administration officials, foreign fighter facilitators, amirs, security commanders, communication leaders, and senior shura council leadership,” Dorrian said.
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/09/us-targets-islamic-states-leadership-in-mosul-ahead-of-ground-offensive.php
