Airstrike kills Benghazi suspect

A U. S. airstrike in Iraq killed an Islamic State fighter suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack on the U. S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the deaths of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, the Pentagon said.

Ali Awni Harzi’s vehicle was hit in the June 15 strike

.“in Mosul, in northern Iraq, according to the Pentagon.

U. S. military officials believe Harzi was responsible for recruiting f ighters from North Africa.