Between 50 and 70 members of the US Army Delta Force and Rangers flew in on six helicopters and surrounded al-Baghdadi during the overnight raid in Syria’s Idlib province, an official source told Fox News.
The JAMES FOLEY FOUNDATION released the following statement on Twitter about Bagdadi’s death: “I am grateful to our President and brave troops for finding ISIS leader Al-Bagdadi. I hope this will hinder the resurgence of terror groups and pray that captured ISIS fighters will be brought to trial and held accountable.”
The DAILY MAIL has the story that my wife pointed out was similar to the THREE AMIGOS (following headline).
‘He died like a dog’ Donald Trump addresses the nation and confirms that ‘coward’ ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by U.S. Special Forces and died ‘whimpering and crying and screaming’ after being cornered inside his Syrian lair and detonated his suicide vest
- Donald Trump announced Sunday morning that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead
- U.S.-led forces descended on al-Baghdadi’s lair in Idlib, Syria overnight
- The president said al-Baghdadi ‘died like a dog’ after being run down a dead-end tunnel and cornered
- Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest, killing himself and three of his children
- Eleven children were cleared from the lair
- Baghdadi’s two wives were killed during the operation without their suicide vests being detonated
- Trump teased Saturday night that he would be making a ‘major statement’
- Al-Baghdadi issued a chilling call to arms in 2014 declaring an Islamic ‘caliphate’
- Under his leadership, smaller-scale higher-frequency attacks became the norm
- Trump says he does not regret pulling U.S. forces from northern Syria
NED NEDERLANDER: “Tell us, ‘we will die like dogs’.”
EL GUAPO: “What?”
NED NEDERLANDER: “Tell us, ‘we will die like dogs’.”
EL GUAPO: “You will die like dogs.”
DUSTY BOTTOMS: “No we will not die like dogs! We will fight like lions! Because we are!…”
NED NEDERLANDER, LUCKY DAY & DUSTY BOTTOMS: “The Three Amigos!”
MORE from the DAILY MAIL:
Inside the raid that killed al-Baghdadi: ISIS leader detonated suicide vest as US Army Delta Force and Rangers closed in on his lair in overnight firefight
- Major ISIS target, believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, reportedly killed in Syria
- Between 50 and 70 members of the US Army Delta Force and Rangers flew in on six helicopters and conducted Sunday’s overnight raid in Syria’s Idlib province
- Al-Baghdadi is believed to have detonated a suicide vest as forces closed in
- Unverified video showed the moment he was killed, along with his three children
- President Donald Trump held a morning press conference on Sunday and confirmed al-Baghdadi ‘died like a dog’ in the extended firefight
- Defense Secretary Mark Esper said there were two minor injuries to US soldiers after Trump indicated that a US K-9 was injured
- Al-Baghdadi issued a chilling call to arms in 2014 declaring an Islamic ‘caliphate’
- Under his leadership, smaller-scale higher-frequency attacks became the norm
- Trump said Al-Baghdadi was surveilled for a few weeks before the raid