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Russia claims it has killed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi, but US military can't confirm
Washington Examiner ^ | June 16, 2017 | AP

Posted on 06/16/2017 3:36:38 AM PDT by huldah1776

Russia claimed Friday it killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike targeting a meeting of ISIS leaders just outside the group's de facto capital in Syria.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders.

There had been previous reports of al-Baghdadi being killed but they did not turn out to be true. The ISIS leader last released an audio on Nov. 3, urging his followers to keep up the fight for Mosul as they defend the city against a major offensive that began weeks earlier.

The spokesman for the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition said in a statement Friday he could not confirm the Russian claim.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bagdadi; isis; russia
Lived in the Show Me State (MO) for a while. So...show me.
1 posted on 06/16/2017 3:36:39 AM PDT by huldah1776
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The official that does confirm the kill with Russia better look out; he, she, or it could be up for colluding with the ROOSIANS.


2 posted on 06/16/2017 3:46:50 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: huldah1776

Russia hacked ISIS? Time for a special counsel and impeachment hearings!


3 posted on 06/16/2017 4:06:10 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: huldah1776

Boy it’s all over the news and Twitter.

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Abu%20Bakr%20al-Baghdadi%22&src=tren&data_id=tweet%3A875638769021362177

Better be true.


4 posted on 06/16/2017 4:14:22 AM PDT by McGruff (If you tell a lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.)
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To: huldah1776

Perhaps McStain could call up his bud Al Bag-Daddy and see if he answers his cell phone.


5 posted on 06/16/2017 4:18:45 AM PDT by dforest
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Im suspicious that if we wont acknowledge the Russia got the ba$tard, its because we or a close ally are protecting the ba$tard


6 posted on 06/16/2017 4:25:34 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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The Latest: Russian foreign minister can't confirm 100 percent IS leader's death.

Gee. Maybe there's nothing left of him.

7 posted on 06/16/2017 4:30:46 AM PDT by McGruff (If you tell a lie and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.)
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To: huldah1776

I too have recently killed Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.


8 posted on 06/16/2017 4:50:27 AM PDT by BeauBo
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I think this is the 5th time, I heard about this guy’s demise.


9 posted on 06/16/2017 4:55:10 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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He was reported once before to have been badly injured, it sounded like they were talking being paralyzed. And another time, having been poisoned. Wait and see.


10 posted on 06/16/2017 5:10:03 AM PDT by BeadCounter (Trump; most pro-life president ever.)
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how many times have we killed this dude? 8 ? 9?


11 posted on 06/16/2017 5:11:20 AM PDT by blueplum ( ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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"He's dead again Jim."

But seriously, the probability is rising, as the battlespace is shrinking.

12 posted on 06/16/2017 5:17:34 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: huldah1776

Maybe the Russians are publicizing this just to screw with the jihadis - make troops give up, or tempt Baghdadi to stick his head up to reassure his troops.


13 posted on 06/16/2017 6:08:15 AM PDT by BeauBo
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I'm still waiting for them to take out that Doctor Egyptian dude-in-a-turban who was Bin Laden’s right-hand man.
14 posted on 06/16/2017 6:13:02 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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yeah. al zawahiri. Protected by pawkeestahhhhn. creeps.


15 posted on 06/16/2017 9:43:42 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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