Saturday, April 22, 2017

U.S. Special Forces Raid in Syria Kills Turkish Night Club Attack Mastermind

Turkish police stand guard outside the Reina nightclub by the Bosphorus, which was attacked by a gunman, in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 1, 2017

ABC News: ISIS leader who planned Istanbul nightclub attack killed in US ground raid

A "close associate" of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. ground raid in Syria on April 6, U.S. Central Command said today. The raid targeted him for his role in planning the deadly New Years Eve nightclub attack in Istanbul, which killed 39 civilians.

"Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, an ISIS operative, was killed by U.S. forces working on operation near al Mayadin Syria to kill him," Colonel John Thomas, the spokesman for U.S. Central Command, told Pentagon reporters in phone briefing today.

Al Mayadin is southeast of Dayr Az Zawr in the Euphrates River Valley.

Thomas described Uzbeki as "a close associate" of al-Baghdadi who "was known to interact with him in various ways over time." Centcom has confirmed over the past two weeks that Uzbeki was killed in the raid.

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More News On The U.S. Special Forces Raid in Syria That Killed The Turkish Night Club Attack Mastermind

Syria war: US ground troops kill 'leading IS member' -- BBC
US forces in Syria kill associate of ISIS leader linked to Istanbul nightclub strike -- CNN
U.S. Raid Kills ISIS Terror Plotter in Syria, Says Pentagon -- NBC
IS Official Linked to Istanbul Nightclub Attack Killed in Syria, US Says -- VOA
Top Islamic State associate, Turkey plotter killed in U.S. raid in Syria -- UPI
US forces kill Isis militant linked to Istanbul nightclub attack -- The Independent

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