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Posted on 02/04/2022 9:53:03 AM PST by Red Badger
Interior of a building destroyed in the aftermath of a counter-terrorism mission conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Forces is seen in Atmeh, Syria, February 3, 2022. Mohamed Al-Daher/Handout via REUTERS
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WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture Islamic State's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family.
But before they could reach him, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi detonated a suicide bomb, triggering a large explosion that blew mangled bodies -- including his own -- out of the building into the streets outside.
President Joe Biden, who monitored the raid from the White House's Situation Room, called Quraishi's suicide a "final act of desperate cowardice." It echoed of the self-detonation of a bomb by his predecessor, Islamic State founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, during a U.S. raid in 2019 in Syria.
For residents in the town of Atmeh, the events were terrifying, as U.S. forces swept in aboard helicopters before trying to evacuate civilians from the cinder-block building, using loudspeakers to tell them to leave.
"Men, women, and children raise your hands. You are in safety of the American coalition that is surrounding the area. You will die if you don't get out," said one woman recounting the U.S. warnings.
Marine General Frank McKenzie, who oversees U.S. forces in the region and was providing updates to Biden, said U.S. troops got six civilians, including four children, to leave the first floor of the building before the blast ripped apart the top floor.
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A hat tip to Fido969...............
If I’m reading this right, Brandon’s raid didn’t kill an ISIS leader, he killed himself.
I still believe it.
One less terrorist for the US government to feed and care for in perpetuity. The best of all outcomes, IMHO
I believe there was more than that and we killed children and women as part of our attack.
Hard to believe believe anything from this administration! Just wondering if all the troops were vaccinated.
So a picture of a room is included, this is meant to be believed?
That's what they are telling us. But just about EVERYTHING we've gotten from them was a lie.
Remember the drone strike that wiped out the family in Afghanistan?
It went from: "We surgically killed an ISIS leader" to "Oops we wiped out an innocent family" drip drip drip over the period of about 2 weeks. And they lied and lied before the truth came out.
Roid-ers celebrates the resident and his clown posse
Yes....................
“resident Joe Biden, who monitored the raid from the White House’s Situation Room…”
Uh. Yeaaaahhhh. Right, Rooters…
I’m sure the Cabal doesn’t trust him to monitor his own Depends.
What happened to the helicopter, they said a malfunction. Aren’t these things kept in tip top shape?
I have no faith the Biden administration or Reuters are telling the truth.
I think the helicopter was hit with enemy fire. I think they were able to fly it a short distance away, then they destroyed it.
That room photo does not look “destroyed” . Things still hanging on the wall, etc
I don’t believe anything coming out of this regime…but if the isis guy is dead->>>that is good…
Sure doesn’t look like a bomb went off from that picture. Everything looks intact.
If they'd treated him like they're treating the January 6th POWs, he'd have committed suicide a lot sooner.
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