{"id":92152,"date":"2019-10-27T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92152"},"modified":"2019-10-27T09:52:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T13:52:31","slug":"reports-of-his-death-had-better-not-be-exaggerated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=92152","title":{"rendered":"Reports of His Death Had Better NOT Be Exaggerated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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USMA EX-6B Prowler over Afghanistan (Photo by Senior Airman James Richardson\/USAF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This came up very early this morning, but I waited to post it until I had confirmation.<\/p>\n

As it is, the headline news this morning is as follows:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/10\/27\/isis-leader-al-baghdadi-believed-killed-in-us-commando-raid\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo of the gasbag is in the article. Apparently, he blew himself up.\u00a0 (No comment.)<\/p>\n

From the article: WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State<\/a>\u00a0jihadi group who created a short-lived caliphate in Syria and Iraq, is believed dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, Military Times has confirmed.<\/p>\n

A Defense Department official told Military Times late Saturday that al-Baghdadi, one of the world\u2019s most wanted men, was targeted upon orders from President Donald Trump and that he was believed to have been killed. However, the Defense Department official said the military is still awaiting confirmation of al-Baghdadi\u2019s death from DNA testing.<\/p>\n

The raid occurred in Syria\u2019s Idlib province, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Trump approved the mission nearly a week before it took place, according to Newsweek, which was the first to report the raid.<\/p>\n

It appears that al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest during the raid, CNN reported. The CIA assisted in locating the ISIS leader, a defense official told CNN.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>:\u00a0 A White House spokesman, Hogan Gidley, told the AP that the president would be making a \u201cmajor statement\u201d at 9 a.m. EDT Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0Previous reports about the death of al-Baghdadi have proved to be exaggerated greatly. – article<\/p>\n

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