Washington– President Donald Trump announced on Sunday the death “like a dog and a coward” of Islamic State leader (IS), Al Baghdadi, in a military operation of his country in northwest Syria, years after the launch of the jihadist group that came to control of large Syrian and Iraqi areas.” Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi is dead,” Trump reported in a statement to the nation from the White House.
Trump called the Islamic State “the most violent and ruthless terrorist organization in the world” and stressed that “it’s a great day for the U.S. and the world.” The representative said al Bagdadi committed suicide with a belt of explosives at the end of a tunnel, along with his three sons, after being pursued during the action by Us commandos.
Two photos for history. In one, Trump and his team following the mission that ended with Al Bagdadi (ISIS). In the other, Obama and his team following the mission that ended with Bin Laden (al-Qaeda). pic.twitter.com/31LKeaCNna – Francisco Poleo (@FranciscoPoleoR)
October 27, 2019
He died like a dog, like a coward (…). Moaning, crying, screaming, he stressed, while noting that he waited to give the information once the identity of the IS chief was confirmed.
Trump congratulated U.S. special forces and intelligence services on a “very, very dangerous operation.”
The representative also thanked Turkey, Russia, Syria, Iraq and the Kurds for their cooperation in locating the IS chief. Trump offered a detailed and vivid description of the mission he observed from the White House along with Vice President Mike Pence and the military high command.” It was like you were watching a movie,” he said.
“He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place.” Trump claims that Al Baghdadi was “cruel and violent” and died “cruelly and violently,” trying to flee “crying, screaming and moaning.” pic.twitter.com/sNpmcmJJGF — Dori Toribio (@DoriToribio)
October 27, 2019
The president advanced what happened last night with an enigmatic message on Twitter in which he said “something very big just happened.” This Sunday, Trump said he did not previously warn House speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi to maintain the “secret” character of the mission. Despite the polarized climate in the U.S. with the investigation launched by the opposition to open a impeachment to Trump, the news was also applauded by Democrats.
Without taking into account the other political disasters in the Middle East today, Baghdad’s death is unquestionably good for U.S. security, said Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator, minutes after Trump’s arraignment.
And former Vice President and current Presidential Democratic Biden, Joe Biden, congratulated “special forces, the intelligence community and courageous military professionals for bringing justice” to Baghdadi, whose “corrosive message inspired attacks that took the lives of thousands of innocent lives around the world, including the U.S…. With his death, years of persecution of one of Washington’s most wanted men is ended after Washington announced the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate in large areas of Syria and Iraq in 2014.
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