BY RAFAEL SANCHEZ-BAYO @bayo_sanchez Islamic State’s second in command has been killed by a US-led airstrike in northern Iraq according to Iraqi officials. The leader, known as Abu Alaa al-Afari, was killed near the city of Tal Afar The airstrike occurred near Tal Afar, where the US military were conducting airstrikes on Tuesday and Wednesday. […]
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US: Plot to hijack plane, join ISIS
The flag of the terrorist group ISIS. Photo: Wikimedia Commons BY ANASTASIA FINDLATER Three men have been arrested and charged overnight after plotting to carry out a hijacking and divert it to Syria to join the terror group, ISIS, gifting them with an American plane and hostages. Abror Habibov, 30, Abdurasul Hansanovich Juraboev, 24, […]