NSC: Airstrike takes out ISIS second-in-command
By Jeff Schogol, Staff writer 4:21 p.m. EDT August 21, 2015
The air campaign against the Islamic State group removed a significant bad guy from the battlefield on Aug. 18, when a U.S. military airstrike killed the terrorist group’s second in command, according to the National Security Council.
Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, was killed when his vehicle was destroyed near Mosul, NSC spokesman Ned Price said in an Aug. 21 statement. Al-Hayali was in charge of coordinating the movement of weapons, explosives, vehicles and people between Iraq and Syria.
“He supported ISIL [Islamic State] operations in both countries and was in charge of ISIL operations in Iraq, where he was instrumental in planning operations over the past two years, including the ISIL offensive in Mosul in June 2014,” Price said in the statement. “Al-Hayali's death will adversely impact ISIL's operations given that his influence spanned ISIL's finance, media, operations, and logistics.”
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/08/21/nsc-airstrike-takes-out-isis-second--command/32130955/
