ISIS finance chief captured by Iraqi forces, Iraq PM says

Iraqi forces capture ISIS finance chief Sami Jasim, the deputy of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraq's Prime Minister says

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi did not disclose details of the operation, however in a statement posted to Twitter, he said that Jasim was detained outside of Iraq. He did not disclose the location or date of Jasim's arrest.

Inside the dramatic US military raid that killed ISIS leader Baghdadi However, in 2019, the US State Department's"Rewards for Justice" program placed a $5 million bounty on Jasim and two other senior ISIS leaders, demonstrating that American authorities believed was still alive."Muhammad al-Jaburi has been instrumental in managing finances for ISIS's terrorist operations," the State Department said. Baghdadi became the leader of Islamic State of Iraq in 2010.

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