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Head Of Islamic State In Iraq And Syria Killed

OAN Staff Abril Elfi 
8:43 AM – Saturday, March 15, 2025

Iraq’s prime minister has announced that the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed. 

According to a statement by Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces.

President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social that al-Rifai’s “miserable life was terminated.”

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Congressional testimony: ‘USAID funded Hamas, other Islamic terror groups’

Middle East Forum Executive Director Gregg Roman testifies to Congress that $2 billion in US taxpayer money funded Hamas’s survival until the current ceasefire.

USAID provided significant funding that benefited the Hamas terrorist organization during the war that began with the October 7 massacres well as other Islamist terrorist organizations, it was claimed during a Congressional hearing yesterday (Wednesday).

The hearing, titled ‘America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World,’ was held by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, and dealt with the recent revelations of waste and corruption at the USAID organization that were made public by DOGE’s investigations.

Middle East Forum Executive Director Gregg Roman addressed the committee members about USAID’s funding for terrorist organizations in the Middle East and beyond.

When asked by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) what terrorist organizations USAID has funded in addition to the Taliban, Roman responded, “We have assisted Al-Shabab in Somalia, there’s been instances of the Hamzi network in Sudan, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Kata’ib Hezbollah, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham in Syria. Dozens of terror organizations have received indirect assistance from US foreign aid.”

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Sam Faddis is a retired CIA operations officer, published author, and national security commentator.  He is a member of the Committee Present Danger China and a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy.  Sam is also the Senior Editor for ANDMagzine.substack.com and the President of the Pennsylvania Patriot Coalition.

Sam appears frequently on television and radio. 

Sam led the first CIA team into Iraq nine months in advance of the 2003 invasion of that country. After serving abroad in the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, he served as head of the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Center (CTC)’s Weapons of Mass Destruction unit charged with pursuing terrorist weapons of mass destruction programs worldwide. 

Prior to joining CIA, Sam was a U.S. Army Armor and JAG officer (Captain), and then served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington.

Sam is the author of “The CIA War in Kurdistan”,  “Beyond Repair: The Decline And Fall Of The CIA” and “Willful Neglect: The Dangerous Illusion Of Homeland Security.”