Hajji Mutazz, ISIS deputy leader, killed in U.S. airstrike in Iraq

[snagglepuss]

Source: CBC NEWS

The second-in-command of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS/ISIL) militant group had been killed Tuesday by a U.S. airstrike, the White House confirmed Friday.

"Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz ... was killed in a U.S. military airstrike on August 18 while travelling in a vehicle near Mosul, Iraq, along with an ISIL media operative known as Abu Abdullah," White House spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

"Al-Hayali's death will adversely impact ISIL's operations given that his influence spanned ISIL's finance, media, operations and logistics," Price said, referring to the group by an acronym.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hajji-mutazz-isis-deputy-leader-killed-in-u-s-airstrike-in-iraq-1.3199649

[hobbit709]

1. Does ISIS have as many #2s as Al-quaida in Iraq had.

They had more #2s than a pencil factory for a while there.

[COLGATE4]

2. ^^^ THIS ^^^

[Wolf Frankula]

3. This Is The Umpteenth #2 Killed.

They have more #2s than DD&B have vice presidents.

Time to stop funding 'regime change'.

Wolf

[awoke_in_2003]

10. And yet, this one still remains

[Turbineguy]

4. I haz

no sad.

[tabasco]

5. Good shootin'

Keep it up!

[Fairgo]

6. Who else died?

And who's the next number 2?

[Fantastic Anarchist]

8. The one behind number 2. n/t

[RexDart]

9. Who are you?

The new number 2.
Who is number 1?

Thanks for dredging that out of my memory.

Also, not sad.

[freshwest]

7. Did they ever kill the guy who raped the AZ aid worker before beheading her? n/t

[kwassa]

11. No, he is #1. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Caliph of the Islamic world ...

or so he declares. He is the head of ISIS.

[freshwest]

12. Thanks. I'll keep comments on him to myself. My thoughts aren't very nice. n/t

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Good

[Joe Chi Minh]

14. Funny how they keep killing subordinate leaders, but the big guy just

keeps having narrow escapes.