US Kills 2 'High Value Individuals' in Attack on IS

A U.S. airstrike has killed two "high-value individuals" in an attack on an Islamic State building in Iraq. Baghdad-based military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said Wednesday that the May 13 strike killed Abu Hamza and Abu Safiya, as well as a third militant. Warren said Abu Hamza, a former member of al-Qaida in Iraq, planned and conducted attacks against Americans during the war in Iraq that ended in 2011. He said Abu Hamza was also responsible for coordinating Islamic...

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