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US able to confirm IS leader's death because it had his DNA, other biometric data on file; official calls him one of the last of group's legacy leaders
ISIS leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been confirmed to be dead by a spokesman from the radical Islamic terror group. He was killed in mid-October by the Free Syrian Army in Daraa, and ISIS immediately named a successor.
Wednesday’s announcement that IS leader Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi was killed in October caught many by surprise, but sources tell VOA the US confirmed his death with DNA, other evidence shortly after it happened
Word from the Islamic State terror group that it had lost its second leader in less than a year came as no surprise to the United States, which had been aware of his demise for more than a month. IS, also known as ISIS or Daesh, announced the death of Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi in…