Islamic State Leaders Linked To Paris Attacks Killed By U.S. Air-Strike In Syria

Washington Post: Airstrike kills Islamic State leader in Syria with direct tie to the Paris attacks, U.S. military says

The U.S.-led military coalition against the Islamic State killed a key leader in Syria who had direct ties to the terrorists who carried out the attacks in Paris and was actively planning more attacks against the West, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Army Col. Steve Warren, the top spokesman for the coalition, told reporters that Charaffe al Mouadan was killed Dec. 24 in an airstrike. He declined to say where in Syria the attack occurred, and described it as part of a wave of attacks carried out since Dec. 7 that have killed 10 Islamic State leaders, including others involved in “external operations” that included plotting attacks in the West.

WNU Editor: No surprises here. After the Paris attacks all of the leaders responsible for this operation became high priority targets .... and justifiably so.

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