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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Morning.
That’s a good plan!!
“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.”
Russia (Putin), Syria (Assad) and Turkey (Erdogan) provided assistance and maintained operational security. They were informed.
Schiff and Pelosi could not be informed because they are sworn enemies of America.
Simple as that.
Rumours are that the whole tic toc operation was run from there.
I loved the videos that showed the Turk, Syrian and other local military commanders on the ground witnessing this bombing.
The looks on their faces is how you end wars.
Once the raid was over and sensitive site exploitation was done, it was known that a number of tunnels were connected to the compound and outbuildings.
Cratering the site guaranteed that those tunnels and the large amount of munitions, ordnance, and money were destroyed.
Also, it’s a bad neighborhood, this gives the locals something to think about.
Buried pigs might be cheaper. :-)
He’s wearing the Saudi Royal family headrest.
Evening.
North with DSL!
They keep saying “appeared to”.
They are hoping he is not dead.
#10 The Saudi’s have destroyed every vestige of islam around mecca but that cube. They have turned the city into a Disneyland.
Kewl!
Kewl!
Or...encourage the Muzzies to go there, that their faith would keep them safe.
Hey, it's a thought...
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