US forces kill ISIS’s second in command in Iraq strike
The double-tap strike killed Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, who also served as ISIS's chief of global operations.
Nicholas Slayton
Posted 3 Hours Ago
Black and white aerial image of a burning car.
The remains of Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai's car after being hit by two munitions in Iraq's Anbar Province. Image via CENTCOM
ISIS’s chief of global operations, the second in command for the terrorist group, was killed on Thursday in an American airstrike, U.S. Central Command said.
CENTCOM said late on Friday that it killed Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known as “Abu Khadijah,” in an attack on March 13 in the Anbar Province in western Iraq. He was killed while inside a car traveling through the Iraqi countryside
The U.S. described al-Rifai as “the Emir of ISIS’ most senior decision-making body” and said that he “maintained responsibility for operations, logistics, and planning conducted by ISIS globally, and directs a significant portion of finance for the group’s global organization.”
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