Two Islamic State leaders taken out by airstrikes

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Washington Examiner:

The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that two Islamic State leaders were killed by coalition strikes.

 

Abu Bakr al-Turkmani was killed in a Sept. 10 strike near Tal Afar, Iraq, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said. Al-Turkmani, an administrative emir, belonged to al Qaeda in Iraq before joining the Islamic State and was a "close associate" to Islamic State leaders in Mosul and Tal Afar.

 

The Pentagon also announced a coalition strike killed French national David Drugeon on July 5 near Aleppo, Syria. Drugeon, an explosives expert, belonged to the Khorasan Group, an al Qaeda affiliated terrorist group.

 

"As an explosive expert, he trained other extremists in Syria and sought to plan external attacks against western targets. Drugeon's death will degrade and disrupt ongoing external operations of al Qaeda against the United States, its allies and partners," the statement said.