US-trained sniper now ‘minister of war’ for ISIS
- 8 years ago
An American-trained sniper was promoted to a top position in ISIS.
Gulmurod Khalimov, a 41-year-old colonel who underwent US special arms training while heading the Tajikistan special police force, was tapped to be ISIS’s minister of war, according to a new report.
The US State Department reportedly put a $3 million bounty on Khalimov, who has become one of the world’s most wanted men, news.com.
au reported.
Khalimov replaced the infamous Tarhan Batirashvili, known as “Omar the Chechen,” who rose through the ranks of ISIS before he was killed in a US airstrike in July.
Gulmurod Khalimov, a 41-year-old colonel who underwent US special arms training while heading the Tajikistan special police force, was tapped to be ISIS’s minister of war, according to a new report.
The US State Department reportedly put a $3 million bounty on Khalimov, who has become one of the world’s most wanted men, news.com.
au reported.
Khalimov replaced the infamous Tarhan Batirashvili, known as “Omar the Chechen,” who rose through the ranks of ISIS before he was killed in a US airstrike in July.