Newsweek: "High confidence" that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIS, has been killed in a special operations raid
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Lol you can tell he wants this to be his big boy moment
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He definitely wants this news to be the big subject talked about on the Sunday talk shows. Whatever can shrink impeachment discussion.
I don't tweet and the only Tweets I see are here on Era. Will this be posted(?) tomorrow across the Interweb or will we be the only ones reminded of this jackass's history?
I am sure it will be the talk of the sunday morning shows, but will be forgotten by the afternoon. Bad guy as this dude might be he isn't Bin laden.
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There's 2 reasons I doubt this:
- In order for him to have gone to Idlib he somehow would have needed to go through 2 active frontlines and hundreds of kilometers of territory under control of hostile factions
- Going to Idlib makes no sense as the place is swarming with hostile factions, he'd be way safer hiding in the Syrian or Iraqi desert
Serious question, have they said they've killed him before and been wrong? Because I feel like this has happened multiple times.
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Not that I recall on this level. I'm sure there's been low levels rumors because you'll always get those with high level targets like this.
Guess we'll find out soon enough.
I think they just keep killing "the head of ISIS" or a "high ranking member of ISIS"
The Russians thought they got him 2 years ago
Obama went on TV pretty soon after the Bin Laden rumors started, Trump should just announce it now even if it is pretty late in the East
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They might have to identify the body first, a person's appearance can change a lot over the years especially when you take a bullet to the face. For all we know they indeed got him but blew off half his head in the process.
From US Military operation? No.
But there were lot of "rumors" he was killed by Iraq/Syrian/Russian Army or by other rebel/terrorist organisations over the years.
Lotta turn over, y'know
ISIS is basically the GAP of terrorist groups
That was true of Al Qaeda too. Back in the 2000s it seemed liked every week a "lieutenant" was killed
This guy is in no where in the same league as Osama Bin Laden. Nobody heard of this guy.
Yeah, the halcyon days of color-coded threat levels and 'known unknowns'
If they did get him, I'll bet he doesn't get a proper Islamic burial thingy by the U.S. military like they said they gave Bin Ladin before dumping his carcass overboard into the sea.
Trump wouldn't stand for treating a dead muslim with even a shred of respect. Not that either Bin Ladin or al-Baghdad deserve any.
Actually, this is not true at all. Eliminating leaders or High Value Targets (HVT) is proven to be the most efficient counter-terrorism program around the world. Look at what happened to Al-qeada after bin laden's death. They aren't a threat to any country anymore.
This same strategy was used by US and Kurdish forces during the assault on ISIS by targeting it's important commanders, who were actually experienced generals in saddam's army. This crippled ISIS fighting ability and gave Kurdish troops the upper hand.
LOL is this real?
EDIT: Watching CNN and they referenced this tweet.
I totally forgot how terrorism was defeated after the death of bin Laden, and that nobody stepped forward to fill that vacuum.