[h=1]ISIS terrorist behind rocket attack which killed US marine dies in drone strike[/h]
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An Islamic State rocket expert believed to have been responsible for an attack that killed a US marine has died in a drone strike in Iraq.
Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin, 27, was killed last month by an ISIS rocket attack that also wounded eight marines at an artillery position in the Makhmur area of northern Iraq.
On Sunday, Colonel Steve Warren, the spokesman for the US-led operation against the jihadists, said: 'Several hours ago, we killed an ISIL (ISIS) member believed responsible for the rocket attack that resulted in the death of Sergeant Cardin.'
The news comes as the terror group killed 15 of its own members, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Killed: Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin, 27, was killed last month by an ISIS rocket attack in northern Iraq
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Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin, from Temecula, California, died from wounds suffered when his unit was attacked
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Staff Sergeant Cardin died from wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with rocket fire in March
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- Terror group rocket expert Jasim Khadijah has died in a drone strike in Iraq
- ISIS terrorist is believed to have been behind attack that killed a US Marine
- Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin, 27, was killed in northern Iraq last month
- News comes as it's reported ISIS has executed 15 of its own members
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An Islamic State rocket expert believed to have been responsible for an attack that killed a US marine has died in a drone strike in Iraq.
Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin, 27, was killed last month by an ISIS rocket attack that also wounded eight marines at an artillery position in the Makhmur area of northern Iraq.
On Sunday, Colonel Steve Warren, the spokesman for the US-led operation against the jihadists, said: 'Several hours ago, we killed an ISIL (ISIS) member believed responsible for the rocket attack that resulted in the death of Sergeant Cardin.'
The news comes as the terror group killed 15 of its own members, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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Killed: Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin, 27, was killed last month by an ISIS rocket attack in northern Iraq
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Staff Sergeant Louis Cardin, from Temecula, California, died from wounds suffered when his unit was attacked
.
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Staff Sergeant Cardin died from wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with rocket fire in March
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