Cenk Uygur
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US Kills ISIS Second-In-Command
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March 26, 2016
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7:46Now PlayingThe US has killed the second-in-command of ISIS. Again. Haji Imam was in charge of finances for the terrorist group. He will quickly be replaced. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, and Jordan Chariton (TYT Politics), hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"In August of last year, U.S. officials announced the death of Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, the No. 2 to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and something of a weapons and logistics manager for the terrorist group. It was the second time in less than a year the ISIS leader’s top deputy met with an early demise.
On Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter added Haji Imam, the Islamic State’s finance chief who went by several names, to the growing list of seconds-in-command to die at the hands of American forces.
“Striking leadership is necessary,” Carter said on Friday, “but as you know it’s far from sufficient. As you know leaders can be replaced. These leaders have been around for a long time — they are senior and experienced and eliminating them is an important objective and result. They will be replaced and we will continue to go after their leadership.”
This dynamic is in many ways a continuation of the U.S.’s decades-long battle against al-Qaeda. Consider this 2006 headline from The Onion: Eighty Percent Of Al-Qaeda No. 2s Now Dead.”*
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