US-led coalition forces eliminate ISIS' second-in-command, - NBC News

ISIS' second in command, Haji Imam, was killed during a raid this month.

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Imam was a finance minister who oversaw all the funding for ISIS' operations, said Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

Officials told NBC News earlier this month that top ISIS commander Omar al-Shishani - also known by his nickname Omar the Chechen - was believed killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria.

The deaths are major scores for U.S.-led coalition forces in taking out the biggest names on the U.S.'s terror hit list.