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Source: http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/03/09/kill-or-capture-washingtons-new-isis-plan-claims-two/
Washington's New ISIS Plan Targets Terrorist Leaders
(Foreign Policy) Paul McLeary - The recent killing of an Islamic State leader in Syria and the capture of another by American forces in Iraq mark the first steps in a shift to the targeting of specific terrorist leaders instead of exclusively striking assets and training local troops. On Tuesday, the Pentagon confirmed a March 4 strike in Syria killed Abu Omar al-Shishani, a major figure in the Islamic State's military command who was often described as the group's "minister of war."