How Military Killed ISIS Leader With $5M Bounty On His Head
Faith Ukanwa
Sep 16, 2021
The French Military has killed Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), in North Africa.
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Al-Sahrawi was wanted for deadly attacks on US soldiers and foreign aid workers. The United States had placed a bounty of $5M on his head for anyone who could give information on him.
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[caption id="attachment_113203" align="aligncenter" width="641"] Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi[/caption]
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France President, Emmanuel Macron in a tweet on Thursday, September 16, wrote;
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Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was "neutralised by French forcesÔÇØ.
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"This is another major success in our fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel,ÔÇØ
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The jihadist leader was behind the killing of French aid workers in 2020 and was also wanted by the United States over a deadly 2017 attack on US troops in Niger.
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Walid al Sahraoui, who was in his late 40s, was 'neutralized' four years after ordering a notorious ambush in Niger which led to the deaths of Army Sgt David Johnson, 25; Staff Sgt Bryan Black, 35; Staff Sgt Jeremiah Johnson, 39; and Staff Sgt Dustin Wright, 29.
Four Nigerien troops were also killed in the attack, and two American soldiers and eight Nigerien soldiers were severely wounded.
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Islamic State in the Greater Sahara is blamed for most of the jihadist attacks in the Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso region.
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The flashpoint "tri-borderÔÇØ area is frequently targeted by ISGS and the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM).
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ISGS has carried out deadly attacks targeting civilians and soldiers in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
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On August 9, 2020, in Niger, the head of ISGS personally ordered the killing of six French aid workers and their Niger guides and drivers.
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Sahrawi was formerly a member of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and also co-led Mujao, a Malian Islamist group responsible for kidnapping Spanish aid workers in Algeria and a group of Algerian diplomats in Mali in 2012.
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— Faith Ukanwa