another top terrorist goes into terrorist scum history
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"Last night the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice," Trump announced. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead."
Trump explained that U.S. special forces were present at al-Baghdadi's compound for about two hours, killing numerous terrorists during the raid.
Trump said U.S. forced chased al-Baghdadi through a tunnel under the compound, where al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest under the shield of three children. Biometric tests later confirmed al-Baghdadi's identity.
Before leaving the compound, U.S. forces collected a cache of intelligence documents, Trump said. Several ISIS fighters were also captured, Trump said, although he did not provide additional details about prisoners.
"More dead than alive," Trump told reporters.
No U.S. special forces were hurt or killed in the raid. The Washington Examiner reported that Delta Force operators carried out the operation.
Al-Baghdadi was staying at a compound in Syria's Idlib Province, which has long been known as a save haven for terrorists, especially groups aligned with Al Qaeda.
The CIA assisted in locating al-Baghdadi, CNN reported. American forces were also assisted by Kurdish-lead Syrian Democratic Forces and the Iraqi military.
Al-Baghdadi has been one of the world's most-wanted criminals since his rise to power in the Middle East in the early 2010s. However, he has been in hiding since the fall of ISIS in 2017.
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Trump determined to destroy ISIS 'unlike anybody I've ever met,' Lindsey Graham says
President Trump "changed the rules of engagement" the government uses to fight the Islamic State terror network, and in doing so, brought down its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said at the White House on Sunday, following al-Baghdadi's death at the hands of U.S. special forces.
Al-Baghdadi, who took over as the head of ISIS after his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was killed in 2010, was said to have detonated a suicide vest as U.S. special forces closed in. Troops were sent to attack a compound in northern Syria where they found al-Baghdadi, according to a U.S. defense official. No U.S. Special Operations forces were harmed or killed during the mission, and Trump said the operation had been in the works for several weeks.
"When it comes to terrorism, the president changed the rules of engagement. You think the caliphate destroyed itself?" Graham said from the White House podium.
He also said Trump has fought terrorism with a "determination" and focus unlike anyone he's ever encountered.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/lindsey-graham-trump-destroy-isis-determination
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there is no lilly-livered fake "red line" with Pres Trump.
and he doesn't give millions/billions to terrorist states like obaMao did.
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