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Islamic State finance chief 'killed in air strikes' Islamic State finance chief 'killed in air strikes'
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The finance chief of so-called Islamic State has been killed in air strikes by the US-led coalition, a US military spokesman has said.The finance chief of so-called Islamic State has been killed in air strikes by the US-led coalition, a US military spokesman has said.
Abu Salah and two other senior leaders were killed in the strikes which took place in "recent weeks". Muwaffaq Mustafa Mohammed al-Karmoush, aka Abu Salah, and two other senior leaders were killed in the strikes which took place in "recent weeks".
No further details were immediately given. No further details were given.
The coalition has been carrying out air strikes against IS militants in Iraq and Syria for over a year. One recently also killed an IS leader in Libya.The coalition has been carrying out air strikes against IS militants in Iraq and Syria for over a year. One recently also killed an IS leader in Libya.
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US military spokesman Col Steve Warren confirmed the deaths in a video call from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.US military spokesman Col Steve Warren confirmed the deaths in a video call from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
He called Abu Salah "one of the most senior and experienced members" of the militant group's financial network. Abu Salah is the code name for Muwaffaq Mustafa Mohammed al-Karmoush.
On Twitter, Brett McGurk, special US presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter IS, said the three were killed "as part of the coalition campaign to destroy ISIL's (Islamic State's) financial infrastructure". He appears on the US Treasury's Counter Terrorism Designations list setting out sanctioned individuals.
It lists him as an Iraqi national who was born in 1973.
Col Warren called Abu Salah "one of the most senior and experienced members" of the militant group's financial network.
Col Warren said the other leaders killed were a senior chief responsible for extortion activities and an executive officer. They were not named.
On Twitter, Brett McGurk, special US presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter IS, said the three were killed "as part of the coalition campaign to destroy Isil's (Islamic State's) financial infrastructure".
On Monday, the Pentagon confirmed a US air strike had killed a senior IS leader in Libya.
Abu Nabil died after an F-15 jet targeted a compound in the eastern city of Derna on 13 November, it said.