U.S. Targeted Killings Have Claimed 120 Islamic State Leaders And Commanders

Military.com/Tribune: U.S. Military Says it has Killed more than 120 Islamic State Leaders

U.S. drone operators had been stalking the baby-faced British terrorist for days with infrared cameras and other sensors before the order came to kill him.

As night fell on April 25, a U.S. warplane dropped a guided bomb that obliterated the SUV occupied by 23-year-old Raphael Saihou Hostey near Mosul, Islamic State's stronghold in Iraq.

Hostey, a recruiter for the militants, was targeted by a U.S. military campaign that has singled out and killed more than 120 Islamic State leaders, commanders, propagandists, recruiters and other so-called high-value individuals so far this year, officials said.

The leadership attacks have picked up recently due to intelligence collected by special operations teams on night raids, from captured militants, and from intercepted of email, cellphone and other communications.

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WNU Editor: 120 ISIS leaders/commanders is a lot .... but the Islamic State is a huge organisation, and it is going to take a lot more than killing 120 ISIS commanders/leaders to have a real impact.