The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was killed in a coordinated operation involving US and Iraqi forces, Iraq’s prime minister said on Friday.
US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) took credit for the elimination of the terrorist.
Trump takes credit
“Today, the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,” Trump said in a social media post.
Trump said that he was “relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters.” “His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government.”
“PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!” Trump posted.
‘One of the most dangerous terrorists’: Iraqi PM
Iraqi security forces killed Abdullah Makki Muslih al-Rufayi, also known as Abu Khadija, in an operation on Friday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced.
The Prime Minister described him as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.”
“The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism,” Prime Minister al-Sudani said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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