German rapper who joined ISIS blown to bits by U.S. warplane

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Deso Dogg is gone for good.

A German citizen and well-known rapper – Denis Cuspert – who openly embraced the ways and tactics of the slaughterous ISIS war machine, was bombed to death by United States warplanes, the Pentagon has confirmed.

It was reported that Cuspert, also known as “Deso Dogg” was killed Oct. 17 as he rode in a car in Syria. U.S. warplanes bombed the car, killed Cuspert and others inside.

The Department of State designated Cuspert as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. As a result of the designation, all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which Cuspert has any interest is blocked and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions with him or to his benefit.

The State Department said Cuspert was a foreign terrorist fighter and operative for ISIL, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Cuspert joined ISIL in 2012 and has appeared in numerous videos on its behalf, the most recent dating from early November, in which he appears holding a severed head he claims belongs to a man executed for opposing ISIL. Born in Berlin, the 39-year-old Cuspert spent time in jail for various offenses. He began calling himself Abu Talha al-Almani, pledged an oath of loyalty to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and appears to have served as an ISIL recruiter with special emphasis on recruiting German speakers to ISIL. The agency said Cuspert was emblematic of the type of foreign recruit ISIL seeks for its ranks – individuals who have engaged in criminal activity in their home countries who then travel to Iraq and Syria to commit far worse crimes against the people of those countries.

Foreign terrorist fighters are reported to have played significant roles in some of ISIL’s most egregious crimes, including the massacres of the Sh’aitat tribe in Syria and the Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq, as well as the almost daily public executions in Raqqa. Cuspert has been a willing pitchman for ISIL atrocities. Cuspert was also wanted by the German government on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities in his home country.