Posted on 10/27/2019 5:04:50 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
US special operations forces who are believed to have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi issued an airstrike on his compound to prevent the location from becoming a shrine, according to Newsweek.
Soldiers from the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, or Delta Force, conducted a raid against what they believed to be Baghdadi at the northern province of Idlib, Syria, on Saturday, unnamed US officials said in numerous news reports.
Baghdadi, who fetched a $25 million bounty in the US, is believed to have been killed in the raid. Military officials were still awaiting forensics verification, according to Newsweek, who first reported on the assault.
US troops faced incoming fire once they entered the site, a senior Defense Department official said to Newsweek, adding that the ISIS leader appeared to have killed himself by detonating a suicide vest. Two of Baghdadi's wives were reportedly killed by their own suicide vests.
Prior to the raid against al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, White House officials decided the US would bury him at sea in the event he was killed. Officials reportedly reasoned that it would prevent bin Laden's gravesite from becoming a shrine. Then-CIA director John Brennan said the administration consulted with Islamic experts and that bin Laden was buried "in accordance with the Islamic requirements," according to The New York Times.
Baghdadi's last public sighting was from an April 29 propaganda video, the first visual sighting of him in five years. In September, an audio recording purportedly of Baghdadi issuing orders was released by the terrorist organization. Both of Baghdadi's appearances followed ISIS's loosening grip in Syria and Iraq amid the US-led coalition's campaign to rid the region of the group.
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TV news has been showing a nice crater.
There is a twitter vid showing the right after with bodies.
https://twitter.com/MhdAGhanem/status/1188323600979415040
Scroll up one in the twitter feed.
TV news has been showing a nice crater.
Shout out to Army Special Forces, Rangers and Delta Force.
Have no fear, the corrupt Democrat Socialist media will never give credit to President Trump for this victory. When Osama bin Laden was taken out, the media made it appear as if the courageous warrior, “Obama the Lionhearted” killed him with his bare hands.
But now, I can see today’s headlines blaring, “Trump Lied About U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Syria!” - or - “Trump’s Planned Bombing of Syrian Children’s Hospital Goes Awry, Killing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Instead.”
I’ve been watching some cnn and msnbc this morning. They are spinning bigly saying Iraq set it up or anything to give someone else creddit.
And they say regardless of this event, impeachment continues full speed ahead. No wag the dog moment for you.
Business’s insider is such a leftist tool and is naming the troop unit that participated in the operation.
Trying to get them killed.
bkmk
In a sane world, the same thing would be done to that rock in Mecca.
Poof goes its 'holiness'.
Just curious, every time Fox news shows his photo this morning, the guy with him has his face blurred out. Why is that?
Could we have “missed” with a few DAISY Cutters and taken out the prisons holding all the ISIS serial killers? That would have been awesome!
A tactical nuke would make it an unapproachable shrine for say, over 200 years!
I just turned on MSNBC. They are criticizing President Trump because he did not notify Adam Schiff in advance about the raid. (I’m not joking!) They are saying that since Schiff is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, he should have been kept in the loop about this.
They won’t even admit that Baghdadi is dead. They will say that he was a double, and by noon, they will add another “article of impeachment” to Trump for needlessly murdering a law abiding, peaceful family in Syria...
“Prior to the raid against al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, White House officials decided the US would bury him at sea in the event he was killed.”
A COMPLETE and UTTER LIE.
He’s dead, Jim.
Blabbermouths McConnell, Graham and Mittens owe the President an apology.
I don’t expect it to be forthcoming.
We will find
sooner or later
if Achmed'll pray
to a glowing crater
“Just curious, every time Fox news shows his photo this morning, the guy with him has his face blurred out. Why is that?”
Are they using the photo of Juan McCain, yucking it up with known terrorists? If so, that’s probably HIS face blurred out!
*SPIT*
Have a crop sprayer cover the area with a layer of pig’s blood, and announce that to the Islamic world.
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