ISIS money man captured
Guardian:
Iraq captures alleged Islamic State finance chief in operation abroad
Sami Jasim al-Jaburi is a veteran of IS’s rise and fall and was subject of $5m US bounty
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“While serving as IS deputy in southern Mosul in 2014, Jasim reportedly served as the equivalent of IS’s finance minister, supervising the group’s revenue-generating operations from illicit sales of oil, gas, antiquities and minerals,” the US state department said when Washington put a price on his head.
Iraq’s government on Monday said Juburi “held leadership, security and financial positions within the terrorist organisation”.
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ISIS was mostly destroyed after Trump came into office and unleashed the US military against it which led to the killing of its leader. Prior to Trump's election, the Obama administration had a bunch of amateurs overseeing the military operation from the White House.
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