http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideas...SKBN17N2AJ

Quote:The United States disclosed on Friday a secret military ground operation that killed an Islamic State operative seen as a close associate of leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and linked to an attack on a Turkish nightclub that left 39 people dead.

Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, who was believed to be from Uzbekistan, was killed during the ground assault near Mayadin, Syria, on April 6, said Colonel John Thomas, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Central Command.

"It was a ground operation. I think that's all we're willing to say about that," Thomas said, declining further comment. He specified that Uzbeki did not die in an airstrike.

Thomas said Uzbeki helped facilitate the attack on the exclusive Istanbul nightclub Reina in Istanbul on New Year's Eve. Islamic State claimed credit for the attack, saying it was revenge for Turkish military involvement in Syria.

Quote:"We have clearly linked him with the New Year's Eve Istanbul bombing," Thomas said.

Things seem to be a little nerve-wracking for ISIS on the home turf these days.

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Ground attack? Dang that's hardcore. Hope no Americans were killed.

(04-21-2017 03:53 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  Things seem to be a little nerve-wracking for ISIS on the home turf these days.

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No doubt. Has to be unsettling not knowing if that bump you heard in the night was innocent or if it's Special Operations troops about to give you a double tap.

One thing that I really like about the Trump Administration is that he seems to have appointed extremely competent military leadership (noting that Michael Flynn seems to be the exception).