By Xinhua
Baghdad : Iraqi security forces killed the finance minister of al-Qaida, a self-styled Islamic State in Iraq during a military operation in Diyala province, a provincial security source said on Saturday.
A security force from Diyala province killed on Friday afternoon Thaer Salim Dawoud, the finance minister of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq, during a military operation in al-Hashemiyat village in northeast of the provincial capital of Baquba, the source said on condition of anonymity. The village is a Sunni extremists’ stronghold coming from Afghanistan and some Arab countries, the source told Xinhua by telephone.
Dawoud is on the wanted list for the Iraq security forces overcharges of killing and inciting sectarian violence, the source said without providing further details.
The Self-styled Islamic State in Iraq was first announced last year by the al-Qaida in Iraq and several smaller Sunni armed groups in six provinces, including Baghdad.