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| Islamic State 'deputy' killed in air strike, US says | |
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| A deputy leader of Islamic State, Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, has been killed in a US military strike in northern Iraq, the White House says. | |
| Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, is described by US officials as the second in command of the group. | Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz, is described by US officials as the second in command of the group. |
| They said he was killed in an attack on his car in Mosul earlier this week. | |
| A number of IS leaders have been taken out by strikes in recent months, including a senior leader who was killed by a drone last month in Syria. | A number of IS leaders have been taken out by strikes in recent months, including a senior leader who was killed by a drone last month in Syria. |
| Hayali was a primary coordinator for moving large amounts of weapons, explosives, vehicles and people between Iraq and Syria, the US National Security Council's Ned Price said in a statement. | |
| In Iraq, Hayali was "instrumental in planning operations over the past two years, including the IS offensive in Mosul in June 2014", Mr Price said. | |
| He is described as "the senior deputy" to IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was reportedly seriously injured in another air strike by the US-led coalition in March this year. | |
| "Hayali's death will adversely impact IS's operations given that his influence spanned IS's finance, media, operations, and logistics," Mr Price. | |
| A second IS member who coordinated media, known as Abu Abdullah, was killed in the same air strike as Hayali. |