Iraq/Kurdistan/Islamic State: Islamic State Oil Commander Dead

Aug 12, 2016 | Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International
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A commander in charge of oil for the Islamic State was killed in operations led by multilateral forces near the Syrian border, the Kurdish government said. The Security Council for the semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government said its counter-terrorism forces, with the help of U.S. Special Forces, conducted an operation near the Iraqi border with Syria that left Sami Jassim Mohammed al-Jabouri, known also as Haji Hamad, dead. The Kurdish government identified him as a senior member of the group calling itself the Islamic State -- also identified as Daesh, ISIL and ISIS.