Oh, I know something about the ways of tabbing, and I tell you, baby, that something's wrong ...

This should be given more attention than it has. pic.twitter.com/10x9nTBNQH

WSJ: U.S. and Nigerian forces killed Islamic State’s alleged No. 2, a man linked to terrorist attacks against religious minorities and the mass kidnapping of schoolchildren, officials said.

Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Mainuki guided Islamic State “on matters relating to media operations, economic warfare and the development and manufacturing of weapons, explosives and drones,” Maj. Gen. Samaila Uba, spokesman for Nigeria’s armed forces, said in a release Saturday.

Al-Mainuki, born in Nigeria in 1982, had also led Islamic State fundraising operations, according to a United Nations report issued last year.

The operation that killed him, which took place in the Lake Chad Basin in northeastern Nigeria, was “a major breakthrough in ongoing efforts to combat terrorism and violent extremism” regionally and globally, Uba said.

Ed: I had to dig around a bit at the WSJ site to find this report this morning, but it's worth the effort. ISIS has apparently shifted its focus to Africa after getting chased out of the Syria-Iraq region and competing against the Taliban in Afghanistan. They may be linked up with Boko Haram or a superior organization to it. The US-Nigerian partnership that decapitated this arm of ISIS is a big development in dealing with the Islamists and their atrocities in that country.

Donald Trump on Truth Social: Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield. Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing. He will no longer terrorize the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans. With his removal, ISIS’s global operation is greatly diminished. Thank you to the Government of Nigeria for your partnership on this operation. GOD BLESS AMERICA! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Ed: This is impressive, especially with the US military focused on the conflict with Iran. This operation would have been executed by AFRICOM rather than CENTCOM, but it's still a demonstration of how the Pentagon can handle multiple conflicts simultaneously. It also raises the stakes in the CENTCOM region, since ISIS still has plenty of roots in that area of operation.

As Louise Lucas would say, “nine-fuckin’-zero.” https://t.co/cqgv29Qg4M