U.S.-trained sniper replaces ‘Omar the Chechen’ as ISIL’s minister of war

U.S.-trained sniper replaces ‘Omar the Chechen’ as ISIL’s minister of war

by WorldTribune Staff, September 8, 2016 A Tajik national and U.S.-trained sniper has been promoted to minister of war by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Gulmurod Khalimov replaces the red-bearded Tarhan Batirashvili, better known as “Omar the Chechen,” who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in July. The 41-year-old Khalimov underwent U.S. special […]