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France says it killed Islamic State jihad leader behind deaths of U.S. soldiers in Niger

That’s not likely to happen in any lasting manner, as the French government cannot even identify what exactly these “extremists” believe, and why. How, then, can it possibly formulate an effective strategy to combat them?

PARIS — France killed the leader of the Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara, French officials said Thursday, calling him “enemy No. 1” in protracted anti-terrorism efforts in the region.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi overnight.

According to Macron’s office, al-Sahrawi personally ordered the killing of six French aid workers and their Nigerien colleagues last year, and his group was behind a 2017 attack that killed U.S. and Niger military personnel.

He was killed in a strike by France’s Barkhane military operation “a few weeks ago,” but authorities waited to be sure of his identity before making the announcement, French Defense Minister Florence Parly told RFI radio Thursday.

She did not disclose details of the operation or where al-Sahrawi was killed, though ISIS is active along the border between Mali and Niger.

“He was at the origin of massacres and terror,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday on France-Info radio. He urged African governments to fill the void and seize back ground taken by the extremists.

Rumors of the militant leader’s death had circulated for weeks in Mali, though authorities in the region had not confirmed it. It was not immediately possible to independently verify the claim or to know how the remains had been identified….

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Bobby Barnett 17:52 21.09.2021
God will have the last say so
Alma Deleon 16:59 21.09.2021
Thank You Lord! At least someone is doing something while Joe Biden is doing NOTHING except sitting down and pocketing money from other countries.
Terry Walley 16:25 21.09.2021
Darrel sider if you so called Jewish people truly knew GOD. You'd know that the so called war on terror is just another lied told by Satan.. It's Satan's war against GOD which Satan will lose
[Anonymous] 16:09 21.09.2021
Hallelujah
Vaughn Groen 16:05 21.09.2021
Good job!
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Lot more needs to be taken out
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