U.S. airstrike thought to have killed ISIS leader in Libya

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The U.S. airstrike was carried out by two F-15 aircraft
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A U.S. airstrike Friday is thought to have killed the Islamic State's leader in Libya, The Guardian reports Pentagon officials said Saturday.

Wisam al Zubaidi, also known as Abu Nabil al-Anbari, may have also been the spokesman in the terrorist group's 2015 video of the beheading of 21 Copts, most of whom were Egyptian, officials said.

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Julie Kliegman
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.