Received this email from The New York Post at 1:46 A.M. EST:
Breaking: US military sends ISIS leader straight to Hell!
By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, October 27, 2019
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi k**led in Syria
A “high value” target believed to be ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has died in a US raid in Syria Saturday, according to multiple news reports.
Baghdadi was targeted in a strike by US Special Operations forces, three US officials told ABC News.
One of those officials told ABC that it is believed the ISIS leader detonated a suicide vest as the ground raid was carried out in the northwestern city of Idlib.
Defense Department officials told the White House Saturday it had “great confidence” that Baghdadi was k**led in the raid, Newsweek reported, citing Army sources.
Fox News reported a “well-placed military source” had confirmed to the network that Baghdadi, who reportedly had a $25 million bounty on his head, was k**led in the raid.
The White House and US military officials have not commented on these and other accounts.
But Trump posted on Twitter at 9:23 p.m. that “Something very big has just happened!”
The president posted no additional tweets early Sunday.
The White House did say in a press statement that the president would announce “major news”at a press conference scheduled for 9 a.m. Sunday.
President Trump approved the raid targeting Baghdadi, one of America’s most sought-after terror targets, several days ago, according to Newsweek.
The CIA assisted in locating the terror leader, CNN reported.
Baghdadi has been in hiding for five years. He became the leader of the jihadist group in 2010.
A video published in April by al-Furqan, ISIS’s media wing, may now be the last recorded image of Baghdadi.
He has not been seen in public since July 2014, when he spoke at the Great Mosque in Mosul.
US officials said Baghdadi was wounded in an airstrike in May 2017 and had to relinquish control of the terror group for five months.
Earlier this year, ISIS, which has been heavily weakened on the battlefield, made an attempt at a PR blitz by publishing a series of videos of terror group fighters pledging allegiance to Baghdadi.
The clips were meant to prove “that ISIS has not been defeated and that its militants in several parts of the world remain loyal to their leaders,” Voice of American reported earlier in the year.
But the Islamic State has taken heavy losses in recent years, with the US relying on Kurdish m*****as in the region to help obliterate the terror group.
In January, the ISIS group claimed responsibility for an attack in Manbij, Syria, that k**led 15, including four Americans.
Trump’s decision earlier this month to withdraw US forces from northern Syria — and stand aside as Turkish troops invaded Kurdish-held areas — raised concerns that ISIS would seize the opportunity.
On Friday, US officials acknowledged that troops were returning to Syria amid concerns that oil fields there could fall into ISIS’ hands.
proud republican wrote:
This news broke just now!!! IF it's true it will the biggest victory for President Trump foreign policy!!! Even CNN said it would be great news for President Trump!!! I'm sure more to come!!!!