U.S. training helped mold top Islamic State military commander

Posted By Clemmie Douchez-Lortet

Posted 8 years ago

Former Georgian soldier Tarkhan Batirashvili, now known as Abu Omar al Shishani, at the Islamic State's symbolic erasing of the border between Syria and Iraq in June 2014.The 15 Chechens…

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