Ashton Carter hosts defense ministers of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL. (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today the coalition fighting ISIS had killed more than 20 of the militant group's operatives who were conspiring to carry out external attacks.
In prepared remarks before a gathering of coalition defense ministers near Washington, Carter said "we've killed over 20 of ISIL's external operators who were actively plotting to attack our homelands and personnel."
In prepared remarks before a gathering of coalition defense ministers near Washington, Carter said "we've killed over 20 of ISIL's external operators who were actively plotting to attack our homelands and personnel."
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