Putting the Bag on Al-Baghdadi

Timothy Birdnow

Yes, U.S. forces have killed Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader.

The Guardian states:

Trump says that Baghdadi died "whimpering and crying and screaming” after running into a dead end tunnel.

He says 11 young children were moved out of the house and are uninjured, but that Baghdadi brought three of his young children with him as he tried to escape down the tunnel. He then ignited a suicide vest, also killing his three children.

Test results gave "certain and immediate identification”, says Trump. "It was him.”

No doubt the American media will make much of this; it wasn't our forces who killed the Bagh but he himself who did the deed. And they will look to show that the children were not killed by Al-Baghdadi but by American forces, to accuse Trump.

I tried to Google this when I was alerted to it by a Facebook post but all of the articles that came up were from foreign press agents; the American media is trying to figure out a way to spin this so it doesn't reflect well on President Trump.

Here is a Youtube video of Mr. Trump's statement. And

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