We shall see...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/26/politics ... index.htmlISIS leader al-Baghdadi believed to have been killed in a US military raid, sources say
(CNN)ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday, according to a senior US defense official and a source with knowledge. The final confirmation is pending while DNA and biometric testing is conducted, both sources tell CNN.
The defense official said it appears that Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the raid.
The raid was carried out by special operations commandos, a source familiar with the operation told CNN.
The CIA assisted in locating the ISIS leader, the defense official said. Iraqi forces also gave "important information" in the operation, Maj. Gen. Tahseen al-Khafaji, a spokesperson for the Iraqi Joint Operations told CNN.
The Kurdish-lead Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) tweeted that there was a "successful" joint operation with the US -- but did not specifically name what that operation was or give any further details.
"Successful & historical operation due to joint intelligence work with the United States of America," Mazloum Abdi, SDF General Commander tweeted Sunday.
Newsweek first reported that Baghdadi was believed to have been killed.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a major announcement Sunday at 9 a.m., White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley announced. An administration official tells CNN that the announcement is foreign policy related.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
White House officials were at the White House late Saturday evening in preparation for an announcement. One official told CNN it would be held in the Diplomatic Reception Room.
Trump stoked speculation when he tweeted Saturday evening "something very big has just happened!"
Reportedly he blew himself up with a suicide vest as commandos were closing in, rather than be taken alive...
If the DNA testing (DNA, unlike our Fearful Leader, doesn't lie) confirms that it's him then a hearty shout-out of thanks and congratulations to our special ops and intel folks (the effectiveness of which Trump apparently has not managed to destroy...yet...) as well as to our Kurdish allies for their assist (damn decent of them, especially in light of Il Boobce's shameful complicity in their being routed from their homelands)
And oh yes, congratulations also to the Putzident, for managing to stay completely out of this and avoiding turning it into total fuck-up by getting personally involved...
Though I understand he's be going on the tube in a couple of hours where no doubt he'll claim the plan was all his and make it sound like he led the raid, pistol in hand...
His making the announcement obviously undermines the credibility of the claim; it would be better if it had come from the Pentagon...
I'll wait for the DNA results...
) a couple of years before 9/11 he talks about needing to go after Bin Ladin, he was the only one who talking about the danger posed by Osama...
