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US says IS suspect in Benghazi attack killed in airstrike
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New U.S. military hub: In this April 16, 2015 file photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (left) accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. Dempsey says the new U.S. military hub could be a model for even more such training facilities â and more U.S. troops â to help the Iraqis reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State. (AP/Andrew Harnik) (left) accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. Dempsey says the new U.S. military hub could be a model for even more such training facilities â and more U.S. troops â to help the Iraqis reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
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span class="inline inline-center">New U.S. military hub: In this April 16, 2015 file photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (left) accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon. Dempsey says the new U.S. military hub could be a model for even more such training facilities ' and more U.S. troops ' to help the Iraqis reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
The Pentagon says an Islamic State operative suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, has been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq.
Defense Department spokesman Col. Steve Warren says Ali Awni al-Harzi "operated closely" with Islamic State-associated extremists in North Africa and the Middle East. Warren says al-Harzi's death will diminish the radical group's ability to recruit North African jihadists into its fight in Syria and Iraq.
The Pentagon says al-Harzi was killed last week in Mosul, which fell to Islamic State forces a year ago.
The Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. outpost in Benghazi killed four Americans, including U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens. (hhr)
