This Article is From Jan 31, 2015

Islamic State Chemical Weapons Expert Killed in Airstrike in Iraq: US

Islamic State Chemical Weapons Expert Killed in Airstrike in Iraq: US

File Photo: US coalition warplanes after conducting air strikes against the Islamic State militants. (Reuters)

Washington:
An Islamic State chemical weapons expert was killed in a coalition airstrike last week near Mosul, Iraq, the US Central Command said in a statement on Friday.
 
Abu Malik, who was killed on January 24, had been a chemical weapons engineer during the rule of Saddam Hussein and then affiliated himself with al-Qaeda Iraq in 2005, Central Command said. 
 
When he joined Islamic State, also known as ISIL, it gave the insurgent force a chemical weapons capability, the statement said.
 
"His death is expected to temporarily degrade and disrupt the terrorist network and diminish ISIL's ability to potentially produce and use chemical weapons against innocent people," the statement said.

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