Thursday, May 10, 2018

Five Top ISIS Officials Captured in U.S.-Iraqi Sting

NEW YORK TIMES:
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Iraqi state television broadcast images of four of the men arrested in the operation.
By Margaret Coker
May 9, 2018

BAGHDAD — Five senior Islamic State officials have been captured, including a top aide to the group’s leader, in a complex cross-border sting carried out by Iraqi and American intelligence, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday.

The three-month operation, which tracked a group of senior Islamic State leaders who had been hiding in Syria and Turkey, represents a significant intelligence victory for the American-led coalition fighting the extremist group and underscores the strengthening relationship between Washington and Baghdad.
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