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Iraq air strike kills IS finance minister

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WASHINGTON: The finance chief for the Islamic State (IS) militant group was killed in an air strike in northern Iraq, Barack Obama administra­tion officials said on Thursday. Abu Saleh’s death was announced via Twitter by Brett McGurk, the special envoy for the Global Coalition to counter the IS. “Confirmed; Death of #ISIL finance minister Abu Saleh & 2 associates as part of coalition campaign to destroy ISIL’s financial infrastruc­ture,” Mr McGurk wrote. US military spokesman Steve Warren said Saleh was one of the IS’ most experience­d members who allegedly acted as an enforcer and extortioni­st and coordinate­d the movement of fighters, weapons and informatio­n.

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