US President Donald Trump speaks about Syria in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC.President Donald Trump on Sunday morning announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead after the U.S. military launched a raid in Syria.The president said Baghdadi was killed in the operation when he exploded his suicide vest. Baghdadi died running into a dead end in a tunnel, "whimpering and crying and screaming all the way," Trump said.
Trump said that Baghdadi dragged three of his young children with him and ignited his suicide vest, killing himself and the three children. The leader of the so-called Islamic State was targeted near Barisha, Syria overnight, according to two U.S. officials. The mission included helicopters, jets and drones. U.S. forces fired from the air and then landed and gathered intelligence.There were no reports of U.S. casualties in the raid.
The military operation comes after Trump's controversial decision to draw down troops in Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish military operation against the Kurds, who fought alongside the U.S. to defeat the so-called Islamic State.Syrian Kurdish forces claimed on Sunday that they participated in the operation. Kurdish commander Mazloum Abdi tweeted: "Successful historical operation due to a joint intelligence work with the United States of America.
TrumpThankedRussiaFirst BEFORE our armed forces, intel agencies, or the Kurds Then he went on a sociopathic rant about the glee he got watching people killed.
Thank You President Trump!
He blew himself up with a bomb vest. This was reported originally on Friday night.
Suicide vest
Trump has deposed the Baghdadi But i'm surprised. Why did he use the weapons? He usually use the Twitter. 😁
Great job Special Ops. Please stop allowing Trump to speak on TV.
Good, he is burning in hell now.
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We knew yesterday Does not change TrumpFreedISIS TrumpBetrayedTheKurds Grotesque and pathological that he takes such glee in watching other people suffer then talking about it in detail. Terrorists deserve death but getting a thrill out of watching death is sociopathic
Ok Badhdadi is dead, Trump you are still a criminal. The deep state made this possible not you. When is the next deposition.
Good ISIS is dead ISIS. God bless USA 🇺🇸 God bless President Donald Trump (realDonaldTrump)
ISIS was defeated by the Kurds mainly, so Al Baghdadi was in a desperate position. Like Khadaffi.
Winning. MAGA. KAG Thank you realDonaldTrump
'Is dead' and 'was killed' are two different things. Other sources are saying he committed suicide, meaning U.S. didn't kill him. He took his own life. This is supposed to be a news site. You should know that words matter. Use the correct ones.
Who?
He wasn’t killed - he blew himself up.
Unless a tape is released showing Bagdadi blowing himself up, we are supposed to believe TrumpDeepStates suddenly discovers intelligence about his whereabouts.
I thought he said ISIS was already defeated?
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