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ISIS Leader Killed in Airstrike in Syria
Arutz Sheva ^ | 3/7/15

Posted on 07/04/2015 4:31:33 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

A senior Islamic State (ISIS) leader who recruited funds and fighters and procured weapons for the jihadists has been killed in a coalition airstrike in Syria, the Pentagon said Thursday, according to the AFP news agency.

The leader was identified as Tariq bin Tahar al-Awni al-Harzi. He was killed in the northern city of Shaddadi on June 16, Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said in a statement.

His brother Ali, an ISIS recruiter and person of interest in the 2012 Benghazi attack, was killed by an airstrike in Iraq a day earlier.

The Pentagon said Harzi was "responsible for moving people and material into Syria and Iraq" and also raised funds to recruit fighters and facilitate travel.

In addition, he supported the Islamic State group by procuring and shipping weapons from Libya to Syria, where the jihadists have taken large swathes of territory.

He also aided with suicide attacks.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; alharzi; counterterrorism; daesh; globaljihad; isil; isis
Capt. Jeff Davis, huh? An obvious racist. He needs to marry some fella and get reeducated.
1 posted on 07/04/2015 4:31:33 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Do you know what the last words were that Harzi heard on the phone from the American drone director, “Who’s Shadaddy?”

Bada Bing, Bada big f*’’ing BOOM”.

Happy 4th of July, Harzi family. Just what till we celebrate Bastille Day, aka “Decapitation by Drone Day” in the Middle East.


2 posted on 07/04/2015 5:09:25 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: Eleutheria5

Gosh, we kill a lot of their leaders. ISIS must be ready to quit just like Al Qaeda.


3 posted on 07/04/2015 5:57:53 PM PDT by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: pleasenotcalifornia; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...

;’)


4 posted on 07/04/2015 7:38:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Eleutheria5

This is getting old, a new ISIS leader is killed weekly... They should come up with something to promote how strong Obama is. These folks are amateurs in everything.


5 posted on 07/05/2015 6:14:02 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else)
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