U.S. kills 3 ISIS leaders in Iraq airstrikes

U.S. kills 3 ISIS leaders in Iraq airstrikes
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Since mid-November, the U.S. military has killed three senior ISIS leaders, the Pentagon told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

In early December, military airstrikes in Iraq killed Abd al Basit, the head of the terrorist group's Iraq operations, and Haji Mutazz, a deputy leader. In late November, ISIS governor Radwin Talib was killed in another strike.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.