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Terrorist fighters in Iraq in 2014
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The leader of the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS), Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Kurashi, was killed.
A spokesman for the group said this via an audio message on the Telegram messenger service.
The group has chosen Abu al-Husein al-Huseini al-Kurashi as his successor, he added.
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