Top ISIS leader who was once Saddam general killed in Fallujah

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A local militia in Fallujah said its forces had killed a top ISIS leader who was once a general in Saddam Hussein’s army.

The Fallujah Liberation Committee said that Abu-Jihad Abdullah Dlemi, who was killed by its gunmen, was a top ISIS leader responsible for the group’s suicide bombings.

“Abu-Jihad was a former General in Saddam Hussein’s regime,” Abdullah Wasiq, a member of the committee, told reporters. “He was killed near Fallujah’s Grand Mosque by the security forces of the Fallujah Liberation Committee.”