Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The Islamic State has announced the death of one of its key leaders, a founding member of the terrorist group, named Abu Mohammed al-Adnani. He was one of the architects of its propaganda strategy and oversaw its attacks overseas. The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that Adnani was a target of a strike yesterday, a U.S. strike. This morning, Russia jumped in claiming on the official Facebook page of its Ministry of Defense that Russian airstrikes had killed Adnani. The Pentagon, in fact, has not confirmed that Adnani is even dead. NPR's counterterrorism correspondent, Dina Temple-Raston, has been following the story and joins us now. Good morning. DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, BYLINE: Good morning. MONTAGNE: Well, tell us something about Adnani the person. TEMPLE-RASTON: Well, what makes Adnani different from a lot of ISIS members was that he had real ties to al-Qaida in Iraq, the precursor group to ISIS. He's Syrian, and he was one of
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