Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement on Saturday that killed the commander of the “Islamic state” in Libya Iraqi Abu Nabil also known as the Order of the star Abdul Zaid al-Zubaidi, one of the leaders who were affiliated with al-Qaeda for many years.
Cook said that Abu Nabil was the Supreme Commander of Al-Qaeda in Libya, it is likely that he was the official spokesman for the organization in February 2015 in the video that showed the execution of Coptic Egyptians.
Added Cook that the killing of Abu Nabil “will weaken the ability of the” Islamic state “to achieve its goals in Libya, including the recruitment of individuals and the establishment of bases in Libya, and planning for the attacks on the United States.”
pointed Cook that such a strike “is not the first against targets for the organization of the Islamic state in Libya, but the first against the leader of the organization, and show that we will track the leaders of the organization of the state wherever they are.”
said a Pentagon spokesman, said planning and approval process leading up to the Paris attacks on Friday night .
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