US military officials say a mid-level Islamic State militant
who specialized in chemical weapons was killed in an US airstrike near Mosul in
Iraq last week.
US Central Command says Abu Malik was killed on January 24.
The command says Malik worked at Saddam Hussein’s Muthana chemical weapons
production facility before joining al-Qaida in Iraq in 2005.
Central Command says Malik joined the Islamic State
militants, bringing his chemical weapons expertise to the group. Officials say
his death could “temporarily degrade” the group’s ability to produce and use
chemical weapons.
Coalition airstrikes have pounded the Mosul area over the
past week.
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