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The number of Daesh fighters killed is 10,000 higher than what was reported in December, when US officials said 50,000 fighters had been killed, Military.com reported.
"To date, US coalition military efforts have resulted in the deaths of more than 60,000 Islamic State [Daesh] militants over the course of a two-year campaign," the commander of US Special Operations Command US Army Gen. Raymond Thomas was quoted by Military.com as saying at a defense industry conference on Tuesday.
The US-led campaign to defeat Daesh is known as Combined Joint Task Force — Operation Inherent Resolve, which operates in Iraq and Syria.
Daesh is outlawed in Russia and numerous other countries around the world.
Comment: This is clearly PR BS put out by the head-chopper-loving imperial military ie. "see, how good we are?!" - who are no doubt trying to out do the correct perception of success by the Syrian/Russian/Iranian coalition in Syria. Because the fact of the matter is that the real groups doing the hard work of destroying the terrorists have probably killed far less in number - but have been honest in their reportage of those they did kill - and far more careful not to kill innocent civilians in the process.