ISIS second-in-command killed in airstrike

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Ayad al-Jumaili, believed to be a deputy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in an airstrike on Friday, an Iraqi intelligence spokesman said on Saturday.
Jumaili was killed with other ISIS commanders in a strike carried out by the Iraqi air force in the region of al-Qaim, near the border with Syria, a military intelligence spokesman told Reuters.
"The air force's planes executed with accuracy a strike on the headquarters of Daesh in al-Qaim ... resulting in the killing of Daesh's second-in-command ... Ayad al-Jumaili, alias Abu Yahya, the war minister," state TV said earlier, citing a statement from the directorate of military intelligence.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-deputy-killed-1.4051334

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Maybe, just maybe, this campaign to drive ISIS out of Iraq is the boost the Iraqi military needs to establish their identity and fight independently with some logistics and material support from the USA. The Iraqi military is gaining the confidence, unity, organizational pride and integrity that it requires to be a functional stand alone force that can defend their nation against all regional threats.

Who knows, with the right diplomacy and careful nurturing of a mutually beneficial relationship, Iraq could turn out to be a reliable ally of ours in the not so distant future.

One can hope.