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Who Trained This Guy? ISIS Fighter Blows Himself Up In Rocket Launcher Misfire

  • by: Alan Duke
  • (Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:52:49 Z)

Video of ISIS fighters in action is an important recruiting tool for the terror group, but this outtake likely won't help sign up new terrorists. The camera was rolling as this doomed man prepared to fire a rocket launcher through an opening in a wall. The shoot (video and rocket) did not end well.

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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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