After years of spouting fanatical extremism, defending terrorist attacks on the West, calling for Barack Obama’s death, radicalising on social media and preaching from a soapbox outside the GPO, Kelly had turned from propagandist to activist.<\/p>\n
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Kelly…left the country, making his way to the UK, and from there to Turkey – gateway to the Isil conflict zones.<\/p>\n
On November 4, Kelly, who now went by the name, Abu Usama Irlandi, was one of four suicide bombers who drove a truck packed with explosives towards an Iraqi army base near Mosul.<\/p>\n
He was shot down before he reached his target. Isil announced the death of Abu Usama Irlandi on its propaganda website alongside a photo of him moments before he set off on his suicide mission.<\/p>\n
His death has yet to be verified by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Garda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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