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Airstrike Kills Terrorist Linked To 2012 Benghazi Attacks, Says Pentagon

June 23 2015

Iraq

The Pentagon says that an Islamic State (ISIS) militant suspected of involvement in the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, has been killed by a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, reports Fox News.

Ali Ani al-Harzi, a Tunisian national, was killed on June 15 in the city of Mosul, said a Defense Dept. spokesman on Monday.

Harzi "operated closely with multiple [Islamic State-]associated extremists throughout North Africa and the Middle East. His death degrades [Islamic State's] ability to...

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