Posted on 10/28/2019 8:13:35 PM PDT by bitt
The United States took two prisoners during the raid on the compound of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, officials said on Oct. 28.
The Oct. 26 raid left al-Baghdadi and several top ISIS members dead, as well as several children who were killed when al-Baghdadi detonated a blast in a dead-end tunnel, President Donald Trump said over the weekend.
In an update during a briefing at the Pentagon on Oct. 28, military leaders said two men were taken prisoner.
“There were two adult males taken off the objective, alive,” Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during the briefing in Washington. “They’re in our custody and they’re in a secure facility.”
He declined to say what the men’s relationship with the ISIS leader was. The raid took place in Syria’s Idlib province, just miles from the border with Turkey.
Milley said al-Baghdadi was hiding in a tunnel and detonated a suicide vest as U.S. forces closed in. Visual evidence and DNA testing confirmed his identity.
“The disposal of his remains has been done, is complete, and was handled appropriately,” he said.
Trump said on Oct. 27 that al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and crying” just before he detonated the blast. Milley said he didn’t know who Trump had gotten that information from, but said the president had spoken “directly to the unit members.”
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Let's be discreet, now, and say, "They were just good friends."
Regards,
“it’s a Trump victory, of course there won’t be a movie.”
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If it’s a movie, the script will be about the Islamophobic killing of an austere religious scholar.
LOL. WaPo is beside themselves.
“The president saw the movie Angels With Dirty Faces. Rocky died yellow. That was the whole point.”
That’s exactly what I thought - Angels with Dirty Faces. Trump was laying it on really thick on purpose. He’s also laying it on thick elevating the dog to hero status. and thanking providence that the dog’s participation in the destruction of the Caliph did not cause the dog lasting harm.
I remember a TV western series from the late 1950s in which an outlaw, to impress the kids, dances his way to the gallows. Then he looks up and sees the noose.
Suddenly he is crying and screaming “I don’t wanna die!” as they drag him up the steps to his doom.
Gitmo bound. That’ll get those lefties riled!!
The team was at the compound for two hours or so. The compound was destroyed after they left.
I thought they bombed it first then went in..
I’m glad they trapped that A hole and he blew himself up.. Saves us taxpayers some money.. Just wish they would kill the other two.. After they get the intell of course..
Think now about the last two weeks.
The President pulls US troops out.
Gets attacked on TV by everybody for abandoning the Kurds.
The Kurds lead us to bagdaddy.
Libs apoplectic.
The Leftist are real winners aren’t they?
That is what Air Force people call Air Force Academy graduates. I suspect there is a good chance, the USAF was providing air cover, including drones.
When US soldiers questioned Baghdadi’s remaining children as to where their father was, they said, “Well, his head is over there; his arms and legs over there, but we don’t know where his balls are”.
It sends the message to their buddies that the buddies have been exposed.
Well how are we supposed to eat cole slaw without a spork??? Act like animals and eat it with our fingers???
Shoot, I posted this to the wrong thread...
Let’s be discreet, now, and say, “They were just good friends.”
Yep, seal off the tunnel with some C4 and let the pieces rot.
One other thing....great ROEs by our CIC. Go in, kick ass and leave. Great.
Save room for Commie, HRC and BHObummer.
US Took Two Prisoners During Raid of ISIS Leader’s Compound>>>>>
President Trump sure did. Their names are Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.
Imagine how 2 prisoners who may have a lot of information to share must scare the Deep State. I like that they know but don’t know who the prisoners are, how close to leadership they were or what they know..
In my opinion, that's even worse than some low level gov't apparatchik making this statement.
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