Nothing New: ISIS’ New Top Commander In Iraq Was Trained by US Special Forces

09/06/2016

RUSSIA INSIDER – A few days ago, word got out that Mohammad al-Adnani, ISIS’ main propaganda officer and a prominent leader of the Islamic State had been killed. Now just days after his death, his spot has been filled by Tajik Special Forces colonel Gulmurod Khalimov , who swore jihad against the West last year. Now that Khalimov is in this new position, the United States is facing major humiliation – because it turns out that Khalimov had actually been trained by American advisors. To make matters even worse, he’d come to the United States several times specifically for counter-terrorism training by the US State Department’s Diplomatic Security/Anti-Terrorism Assistance program. Unknowingly, America had trained one of its biggest threats in “crisis response, hostage negotiation and tactical leadership.”

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