Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Operation Obliteration:

How US gunships cornered ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before he 'dragged three children with him into a dead-end tunnel and detonated a suicide belt' - as Donald Trump said he watched live on TV link 'like a movie'
  • Trump announced ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'died like a dog' after being run down a dead-end tunnel 
  • U.S.-led forces descended on al-Baghdadi's lair in Idlib, Syria overnight, where he was cornered in the tunnel
  • Vast documents were discovered in the lair which could help provide vital intelligence on ISIS' future plans
  • Operation was named after US aid worker Kayla Mueller who was tortured, raped and killed by al-Baghdadi 
  • Five years ago al-Baghdadi launched his self-styled 'caliphate' which brought new wave of terror to the globe
  • His murderous reign came to an end after he detonated his own suicide vest, also killing three of his children 
  • Abdullah Qardash, who previously served under Sadam Hussein, is now thought to be the new ISIS leader
  • Iraqi-Kurdish officials detained one of Baghdadi's wives, a nephew and the wife of one of his trusted couriers
By LARISA BROWN DEFENCE AND SECURITY EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL and JOHN R BRADLEY FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 18:24 EDT, 27 October 2019 | UPDATED: 11:11 EDT, 28 October 2019 
It was shortly after midnight in the remote village of Barisha that residents heard a familiar noise coming from above.
The whir of rotor blades in the darkness signalled something was coming, something military – which, in these parts, usually brings death.
Sure enough, within minutes the sound of bullets piercing the air followed.
But this was no usual firefight, with those brandishing automatic weapons on the ground severely outgunned by an enemy they had not been expecting.
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For the footsoldiers still loyal to the Islamic State terror group were caught by surprise by the crack American team descending upon their high-profile prize – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world’s most wanted man
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Caliphate leader: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi detonated his own suicide vest during the targeted raid on his lair in Syria's Idlib province and killed three of his children in the blast. He is shown in a still from a video released in April, having not been seen since he spoke at the Grand Mosque in Mosul in 2014
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Syrians walk past a damaged van at the site of helicopter gunfire which reportedly killed nine people near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha
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A satellite view of the reported residence of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, prior to the airstrikes. The compound on the top right of the image was obliterated after the assault by US troops
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An aerial view taken on on October 27, 2019 shows the site above the walled compound circled in red in the image above, after it was struck by helicopter fire
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The helicopters targeted a home and a car on the outskirts of Barisha, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, after US media said IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to be dead following a US military raid in the same province
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The live feed of the assault is understood to have been played to those in the White House 'as though watching a movie' according to President Trump
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Drone footage of Al-Baghdadi's compound after he was killed
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The rubble and destruction caused by the military raid in the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha
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An aerial view of the site taken today shows the damage the helicopter caused on the site where al-Baghdadi was thought to have lived
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Footage shows the Syrian site where ISIS leader was killed
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Rubble and craters litter the site where the US strikes took place and which reportedly killed nine people
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Donald Trump addressed the nation Sunday morning, confirming that the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He said he had watched and monitored the whole operation Saturday night
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Trump says ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'died like a dog'
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Meeting in the situation room Saturday night (from left to right): National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Vice President Mike Pence, Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Mark Milley and Brig. General Marcus Evans
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Abdullah Qardash, a former officer in Saddam Husein's military, is reportedly the new leader of ISIS
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Lindsey Graham praises Trump operation that led to Baghdadi's death
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Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so-called Islamic caliphate, blew himself up during the targeted attack on his lair in Syria's Idlib province in the early hours of Sunday morning. His lair was in a village known for smuggling, and he arrived there 48 hours before the raid
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IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi makes first appearance since 2014
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Trumps says US may release parts of the Baghdadi raid video
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Firefighters extinguish the flames of a burning truck at the spot where Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, the Islamic State group's spokesman was reportedly killed in a raid in the northern Syrian village of Ayn al-Bayda near Jarablus on Sunday
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Trump says he did not inform Nancy Pelosi on al-Baghdadi operation
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