ALBAWABA – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustapha Al Khadimi is congratulating himself and the Baghdad security services for the arrest of the so-called ISIS “Minister of Finance” of Finance Sami Jasim Al Jaburi.
Picture of Sami Jasim released by the Iraqi military after his arrest pic.twitter.com/wKAdcQPRJ6
— Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) October 11, 2021
The Iraqi #Shia dominated Security Forces (ISF) released photos of arrested #ISIS financier, Sami Jasim, who the ISF captured "outside the border" of the country. pic.twitter.com/SHIgPMRvaS
— عابر السبيل (@Abukabulipulaw) October 11, 2021
The news is all over the social media for Al Jaburi was the second in command to and deputy leader of ISIS under the slain leader Abu Bakir Al Baghdadi according to the Iranian Press TV.
Top ISIS financier Sami Jasim has been arrested in a cross-border operation by Iraqi security forces, @MAKadhimi confirmed. #Iraq #ISIS pic.twitter.com/RrUHYXNvoB
— BasNews English (@EnglishBasNews) October 11, 2021
He was long seen as the “chief of financial operations in the Daesh terror organization. Al Jaburi was arrested by Iraqi intelligence services 'outside the borders' of Iraq Premier Al Kadhemi announced, Monday and as quoted by the British Daily Mail.
Writing on twitter, the Iraqi prime minister labelled members of the Iraqi Intelligence Services as “heroes”. He said the capture of Al Jaburi was a “complex external operation” conducted by officers of the security services while Iraq was having its general election according to AFP’.
Top #IslamicState group leader Sami Jasim detained in #Iraq, Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi says. Iraq has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al Qaeda operative, the country's prime minister has announced. https://t.co/UllRvmy3H1
— KSS (@kss_ltd) October 11, 2021
In September 2015, the US Treasury Department labelled Jaburi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist points out Press TV who has a $5 million bounty on his head.