“American warplanes have struck nine depots where the group is believed to have stashed tens of millions of dollars in cash,” said Col. Steven H. Warren, a spokesman for the American-led coalition.
Colonel Warren could not say how much money had been destroyed in Mosul. But the military appears confident that bombing cash depots is helping to sap the financial strength of the Islamic State.
American officials and experts believe that the Islamic State stole around $1.5 billion last year.
Warren supposes that Iraqi security forces will need help from "hundreds" of Western military trainers ahead of a planned assault to recapture the city of Mosul from Islamic State jihadists.
On January 20th, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with his colleagues from Austria, the UK, Germany, Holland, France, and Italy to discuss a strategy to fight the ISIS.
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