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Top ISIS official killed by an airstrike in Deir Ezzor province
2017-06-17
[ALMASDARNEWS] Top-ranking official of the so-called "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
", Fawaz Joubair al-Rawi, was killed on Friday noon by an Arclight airstrike when an international coalition fighter jet targeted the car he was driving on the road between Abu Kamal (Syria) and al-Qaim (Iraq) towns.

Al-Rawi, 40 years old, was the head of IS financial department in the so-called "Wilayat al-Furat" ("Euphrates province") and also was allegedly the head of IS "ministry of finance".

He worked in Abu Kamal office being responsible for transferring money and was known under the name of "Haji Fawaz".

Al-Rawi was referred to as "the godfather" of IS financial strategy of bringing money to the self-proclaimed "caliphate" by means of illegal money transfer shops.

The U.S. government blacklisted him at the beginning of this year.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Fawaz Joubair al-Rawi, financial head, was killed Friday. The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has also been oft reported. Last week, another report. Is he dead or alive at this time?
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-06-17 09:53  

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