Millions In Islamic State Cash Blown Up In Coalition Strike On Terror Group Building In Iraq

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Coalition forces have hit Islamic State in the pocket - blowing up millions of pounds in an American air strike in Iraq.

In aerial footage released by the US Defence Department, clouds of paper bills fill the air after a building in Mosul is struck with two 2,000lb bombs.

The Pentagon has said several million pounds were in the building, but the exact figure is not known.

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An American airstrike destroyed millions of pounds of Islamic State cash in Iraq

The strike was part of a strategic plan by a US-led coalition to target oil resources belonging to the terror group. The UK have made several success strikes on IS-controlled oilfields in recent months.

IS is thought to earn an estimated £315million a year from oil production from its territory in Iraq and Syria.

The coalition is trying to weaken the organisation by depleting the financial gains it gets from this oil.