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Sources: U.S. Special Operations forces kill ISIS commander Abu Sayyaf in Syria raid
CNN ^ | May 16, 2015 | Barbara Starr

Posted on 05/16/2015 5:29:49 AM PDT by McGruff

U.S. Special Operations forces killed a senior ISIS commander during a raid intended to capture him in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday, sources familiar with what happened on the ground in Syria told CNN.

The ISIS commander, Abu Sayyaf, who was in charge of ISIS' oil and gas operations and directly and increasingly involved in ISIS command and control, fought capture and was killed in the raid, the sources said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: abusayyaf; asg; commandoraid; commandos; isis; isiscommander; sayyaf; specialops; syria; ummsayyaf
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To: McGruff
His wife, an Iraqi named Umm Sayyaf, was captured and taken to Iraq...

Obama got a "trophy wife"?

81 posted on 05/17/2015 5:19:59 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: McGruff

They killed One of the Many leaders... so what?
In other news, apparently ISIS is walking down some other nearby & major road, in hordes: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3290844/posts


82 posted on 05/19/2015 3:37:17 AM PDT by odds
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To: Right Brother

The only reason this came out is to give cover for losing Ramadi to ISIS.


83 posted on 05/20/2015 1:51:04 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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