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Eugene

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Tue Jan 12, 2016, 12:21 PM Jan 2016

US-led coalition strike 'destroys IS bank in Iraq'

Source: BBC

US-led coalition strike 'destroys IS bank in Iraq'

12 January 2016 US & Canada

A US-led coalition air strike has destroyed a bank used by the Islamic State group in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

A US official told the BBC two 900kg bombs had hit the building on Monday.

He estimated that millions of dollars earned by IS through oil sales, looting and extortion had been destroyed.

Video posted online by IS showed damage to a building. The coalition has increased strikes against facilities that fund IS activities including oil fields it controls.

The coalition has hit "one or two" buildings that store IS money in the past, the US official told the BBC, but Monday's strike is likely to be the biggest to date.

CNN reported that the strike was carried out in a civilian area and that US commanders were prepared to consider up to 50 civilian casualties "due to the importance of the target".

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35291574

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