Iraq announces capture of slain Daesh leader Baghdadi’s deputy

Iraq has captured Sami Jasim, a high-ranking member of Daesh in charge of the terror group’s finance and a deputy of slain leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi has said.

“While our heroes focused on
securing the elections, their [Iraqi national intelligence
services] colleagues were conducting a complex external
operation to capture Sami Jasim,” he said on Monday, without providing
further details of the operation.

Baghdadi was killed in a raid by US special forces in
northwestern Syria in 2019.

The US state Department had at the time offered a reward
for information leading to the location of Daesh leaders
it identified including Jasim.

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