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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLast year<\/a> we mentioned Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov, the commander of Tajikistan\u2019s special forces who defected to ISIS. According to him, he was trained by US Special Forces to be a sniper before his defection. According to the Australian News<\/a>, Khalimov has been named as the Minister of War for the Islamic State;<\/p>\n \u201cThe Tajik has been appointed as the successor to the dead terrorist Tarhan Batirashvili who (was) also known as Abu Omar al-Shishani (Omar the Chechen)\u201d, the Iraqi News reported, citing an unnamed Iraqi security source.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Tajik Golmurud Khalimov was elected as the first military commander in ISIS. The organisation did not announce it officially because it fears that once mentioned, there might be a series of air strikes against them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to the article, Khalimov was trained by the State Department;<\/p>\n In a chilling 10-minute address, Khalimov revealed the extent of his experience, which included participating in five counter-terrorism training courses in the US and Tajikstan between 2003 and 2014.<\/p>\n The courses were organised by the US State Department\u2019s Diplomatic Security\/Anti-Terrorism Assistance program. Part of the training, according to the Tajik commander, was conducted by the private American military consultancy previously known as Blackwater.<\/p>\n Khalimov also revealed in the video that he had taken part in numerous secret training sessions in Russia during his reign as police chief.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well, that was money well-spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"