In a statement, the Defense Ministry said that the Russian Air Force struck a meeting of Islamic State leaders on May 28 outside Raqqa, Syria, the group’s de facto capital, possibly killing Mr. Baghdadi.
“When things get done it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.” Ronald Reagan
If Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, it must be a bad thing because... Russians.
That Bagdhadi guy has been killed many, many times it seems. One of these days his killing might kick in and become permanent.
Please excuse my ignorance, I thought he was already buried.
Please excuse my ignorance, I thought he was already buried.
I don’t know ,he’s a slippery little bud of John McCain
Yup,
This would be the third time he’s been killed.
3 strikes you’re out? Not sure if ISIL follows baseball, though.
This report has been around for a couple of weeks. Russian special operators have been looking for him along the Iraqi border and supposedly called in an airstrike on him 3 weeks ago. European intel supposedly overheard the operators communicating this to Moscow.
Coming from the Russians, the news is encouraging. We can only hope. Unlikely he would have gone to Raqqa though, for a last stand. Nope, he’s too self-serving and remember, he’s the Caliph....
Baghdadi’s been killed twice in one week, once by Syrians and once by Russians. He’s been killed many times in the past.
So? It’s not like there aren’t 3 dozen more scumbags to take his place. Now he’s a martyr.
This cannot have happened.
Everyone, including John McCain, knows the Russians are not fighting terrorists in Syria/s
The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has chaired a meeting of his security council to discuss the Russian military’s claim that it had killed the Islamic State group’s leader in an airstrike in Syria.
According to Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Friday’s meeting that the strike on Raqqa had killed “over 100 militants, among which there were members of the IS leadership, presumably including (IS leader Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi.”
The Russian Defense Ministry said the information about al-Baghdadi’s death was still “being verified through various channels.” It posted an image of the building in Raqqa that housed the IS leader’s meeting and was destroyed in the strike.
Asked about the military’s claim at a news conference in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: “I don’t have a 100-percent confirmation of the information.”
Was it an accident?
Maybe al-Baghdadi is toast this time?
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving fellow.
5.56mm
We might need to send in Mueller and a bunch of unemployed Clintoonistas to “get to the bottom of this”.
I hope it’s true.
BTTT
To confirm, check to see if Hussein 0bama is in mourning.