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Coalition airstrikes kill 10 senior ISIL leaders in December
By Terri Moon Cronk “Syria-based Charaffe al t 4ZSJBCBTFE #BOHMBEFTIJ 4JGVM
Mouadan was “planning addi- Haque Sujan was killed Dec. 10 near
DOD News, Defense Media Activity tional attacks against the West.” Raqqah, Syria. Sujan was an exter-
nal operations planner and a United
WASHINGTON — A high-value Army Col. Steve Warren Kingdom-educated computer systems
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant engineer, Warren said, adding Sujan
leader killed by U.S.-led coalition Warren also provided descriptions facilitator, was killed Dec. 8 near supported ISIL hacking efforts, anti-
airstrikes Dec. 24 was just one of 10 of the other nine deceased ISIL lead- Kirkuk, Iraq. His death, Warren said, surveillance technology and weapons
ISIL leaders targeted and killed so ers: “will disrupt ISIL’s ability to conduct development. “Now that he’s dead,
far this month, Combined Joint Task (improvised explosive device) attacks ISIL has lost a key link between net-
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Speaking to reporters at the Penta- Iraq. Taher, killed Dec. 7 near Raqqah, in Mosul, Iraq, was killed Dec 9. His commander and executioner, was
gon via a live satellite feed from Bagh- Syria, was a trusted ISIL member who death will burden senior ISIL cadre to killed Dec. 12 near his base of opera-
dad, Warren said Syria-based Charaffe assisted with command and control find a technically skilled and trust- tions in Tal Afar, Iraq.
al Mouadan was “planning additional and handling and transferring money worthy replacement, Warren said.
attacks against the West,” and was di- and equipment. Abu Wadhad, the ISIL Mithaq Najim, ISIL’s deputy emir in t"CEFM,BEFS)BLJN
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rectly linked to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, emir of Kirkuk province had a long Kirkuk province was also killed Dec. external operations facilitator, was
leader of the cell responsible for the history of targeting U.S. and Iraqi 9 near Huwayjah, Iraq. “Najim’s re- killed Dec. 26 in Mosul, Iraq. Hakim
terrorist attacks in Paris last month. forces, and he was killed Dec. 7 near moval disrupts ISIL’s ability to train, was a veteran fighter and forgery
Huwayjah, Iraq. command and maintain fighters in specialist who had links to the Paris
The ISIL leaders were killed in co- Kirkuk province,” Warren said. attack network, who also was part of
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Dec. 7-27, he said, noting that several enabled attacks against Western tar-
were external attack planners linked gets. “His death removes an important
to the Paris attacks. facilitator with many connections in
Europe,” Warren said.
‘Striking at the head of the snake’
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tions, we are also striking at the head erations facilitator, was killed Dec. 27
of this snake by hunting down and near Mosul, Iraq, Warren said.
killing ISIL leaders,” Warren said.
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