A U.S. Special Opp Misson Ends With ISIS Leader Baghdadi Dead
Posted On October 27, 2019
For years people around the globe have been living in fear of the growing terroristic violence the Islamic State’s flexed world wide. This morning their organization took a huge blow, a US Delta force group infiltrated Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi’s hideout in north-west Syria.
Intelligence located the whereabouts of the ISIS leader who had been holed up for the last 48 hours. This morning in the early hours while most of the world was sleeping US-led forces entered their lair and did what they were sent to do.
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The dangerous nighttime mission got underway as eight helicopters flew over Russian airspace zeroing in on their target. U.S. soldiers than blew through one of the walls. in case the main entrance was booby-trapped.
Donald Trump revealed in a statement from the Whitehouse: “Last night the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice.”
Last night, the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice. President @realDonaldTrump addresses the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of ISIS. Full remarks: https://t.co/3ucibNVOU8 | More: https://t.co/b4fBx9qyY6 pic.twitter.com/odrheyNRtc
— Department of State (@StateDept) October 27, 2019
Al-Baghdadi was backed into a corner with three of his six children when American forces moved in for the kill. Abu had other plans, he was wearing a vest filled with explosives which he detonated killing himself along with his three children.
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It has been reported no US personnel were injured, while several of Baghdadi’s soldiers were killed.
Al-Baghdadi since 2014 when he declared an Islamic ‘Caliphate’ he has been one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. During his reign of terror he influenced jihadists to commit terroristic acts that were of a smaller scale making it more default for them to be captured by law enforcement.
One of the largest attacks was the bombing of the Manchester Arena which took the lives of 23 people. CNN reported that 140 terrorist attacks have occurred in 29 countries not including Syria or Iraq, at least 2,043 have been killed during these attacks.
Thanks to American forces the world no longer has to worry about ISIS terrorizing them any longer.
(Image courtesy of WSJ, video is courtesy of BBC, source BBC and CNN)
