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German (c)rapper-turned-jihadist killed in Syria
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German rapper who joined ISIS killed in U.S. strike, official says
By Paul Cruickshank, CNN
October 29, 2015
(CNN) A prominent German ISIS propagandist was killed by a U.S. strike while
he was traveling in a vehicle in Syria earlier this month, a U.S. official
told CNN.
The ISIS recruit Denis Cuspert, also known as Abu Talha al-Almani, had once
gone by the name "Deso Dogg" in the Berlin rap scene.
He traveled to fight Jihad in Syria after converting to Islam and becoming
involved with Millatu Ibrahim, a pro-Jihadi group in Germany founded by
Mohamed Mahmoud, an Austrian jihadi who has also taken on a prominent
propaganda role for ISIS in Syria.
A message posted on the Facebook page of a Raqqa resident on October 17
claimed Cuspert was killed in a pickup truck the day before by missiles
fired by two coalition planes near a gas station in Hunaida on the road
between Raqqa and al-Tabqa, according to Florian Flade, a German terrorism
expert who has tracked Cuspert.
Cuspert would have turned 40 two days later.
Cuspert was named as a specially designated global terrorist by the State
Department in February. The designation alleged he joined ISIS, also known
as ISIL, in 2012 and had appeared in numerous videos on its behalf,
including one in which he appeared holding a severed head.
"He appeared to serve as an ISIL recruiter with special emphasis on
recruiting German speakers to ISIL," the designation said.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/politics/german-isis-rapper-killed-denis-cuspert
By Paul Cruickshank, CNN
October 29, 2015
(CNN) A prominent German ISIS propagandist was killed by a U.S. strike while
he was traveling in a vehicle in Syria earlier this month, a U.S. official
told CNN.
The ISIS recruit Denis Cuspert, also known as Abu Talha al-Almani, had once
gone by the name "Deso Dogg" in the Berlin rap scene.
He traveled to fight Jihad in Syria after converting to Islam and becoming
involved with Millatu Ibrahim, a pro-Jihadi group in Germany founded by
Mohamed Mahmoud, an Austrian jihadi who has also taken on a prominent
propaganda role for ISIS in Syria.
A message posted on the Facebook page of a Raqqa resident on October 17
claimed Cuspert was killed in a pickup truck the day before by missiles
fired by two coalition planes near a gas station in Hunaida on the road
between Raqqa and al-Tabqa, according to Florian Flade, a German terrorism
expert who has tracked Cuspert.
Cuspert would have turned 40 two days later.
Cuspert was named as a specially designated global terrorist by the State
Department in February. The designation alleged he joined ISIS, also known
as ISIL, in 2012 and had appeared in numerous videos on its behalf,
including one in which he appeared holding a severed head.
"He appeared to serve as an ISIL recruiter with special emphasis on
recruiting German speakers to ISIL," the designation said.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/29/politics/german-isis-rapper-killed-denis-cuspert
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