Posted on 10/31/2019 2:13:15 AM PDT by Libloather
The Pentagon has released footage showing the raid that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr, commander of U.S. Central Command, released the footage at a press conference on Wednesday at the Pentagon.
McKenzie was the operational commander of the Delta Force raid, which took place on Saturday in northwest Syria, and resulted in the death of Baghdadi after the terror leader detonated a suicide vest to avoid capture.
The general clarified that Baghdadi killed two of his own young children in the blast, not three as the breach force initially believed. McKenzie said both children were thought to be under the age of 12.
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Fox showed the clip this morning commenting on the commandos storming the compound, but they put a huge banner over the bottom of the screen where the commandos were in the clip. So all you saw was the top half of the compound and nothing more.
this place looks like Bin Laden’s place. They must have the same realtor.
Features closed room layout, booby trap
Doors , a media room and coffee bar
Wow. The compound evaporated. There’s NOTHING left in the AFTER picture.
I was supposed to go on this mission but the helicopter couldn’t hold my weight so I stayed behind.
Glad the dog is ok
And just TERRIBLE defenses.
All I keep hearing on this site from a lot of folks is how we’re all washed up..China, Russia, heck Iran can whip us.
And yet nobody knows WTF hit them when we strike.
I’ll keep the US military thanks.
My guess is that there are many smaller raids targeting lower level leaders that will not hit the headlines...I think Trump is goading ISIS cause the noose is tightening around them....but those guys can hold grudges for hundreds of years...you wonder when and how they will try and replace baghdadi and his cohorts...semper vigilant.
Give us the DogCam!!!
McKenzie kept referring to the dog as “he”.
“The general clarified that Baghdadi killed two of his own young children in the blast”
The media considers that to be typical behavior for a “religious scholar”.
Conan is a 5 year old male dog who has done 50 missions!
Hopefully the intel retrieved from these raids help
KAYLA MUELLER (before being kidnapped, tortured and raped by al-Baghdadi)
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KAYLA MUELLER (after being kidnapped, tortured and raped by al-Baghdadi)
I was under the notion that ISIS and most Islamic folk did not like or tolerate dogs but this group appears to have one with them.
Anyone out there know for sure just what the situation is with dogs in the Mideast is?
Bagdahdi did us a favor by suiciding his own kids.
Could have been his goat.
The U.S. military is very good at destroying the enemy. Not so good at playing traffic cop, social worker or nurse maid. Just blow the f’kers up and be done with it. None of this “reconstructing” countries that had never been constructed in the first place.
“Bagdahdi did us a favor by suiciding his own kids.”
Nits make lice.
L
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