TRUMP: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is DEAD
Killed in U.S. Special Forces raid in Syria: “He died like a dog, he died like a coward”
Last night Trump tweeted that “Something Very Big Has Just Happened”.
There was a lot of speculation about what that “Big” thing was. Based on news reports this morning, it was the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Special Forces in Syria. We will carry Trump’s 9 a.m. press statement live, and then update.
[White House photo Situation Room during al Baghdadi operation]
Some quotes from the statement:
“Last night the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-baghdadi is dead,” Trump said. “He was the founder and leader of ISIS. The most ruthless and violent terror organization anywhere in the world. The United States has been searching for Baghdadi for many years. Capturing or killing Baghdadi has been the top national security priority of my administration.”
“US Special operations forces executed a dangerous and daring night time raid. In northwestern Syria and accomplished their mission in grand style, the US personnel were incredible, I got to watch much of it. No personnel were lost in the operation. While a large number of Baghdadi’s fighters and companions were killed with him.”
“He died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. The compound had been cleared by this time with people either surrendering or being shot and killed. Eleven young children were moved out of the house and are uninjured. The only ones remaining were Baghdadi in the tunnel and he had dragged three of his young children with him. They were led to certain death. He reached the end of the tunnel as our dogs chased him down. He ignited his vest, killing himself and the three children. His body was mutilated by the blast.”
“He died like a dog, he died like a coward.”
"[al-Baghdadi] died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way." – @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/5GGcAGFx0s
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 27, 2019
TRUMP ON AL-BAGHDADI: "He died after running into a dead end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way." pic.twitter.com/Rz8LqixJHN
— Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) October 27, 2019
Trump on if he notified Pelosi about al-Baghdadi raid: I didn’t do that..I didn’t want to have people lost
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 27, 2019
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1188464480998449153
Trump confirms that Adam Schiff was not notified of the raid: “Washington is a leaking machine and I told my people we will not notify them until our great people are out… the only people that knew are the few people I dealt with.”
— Jacqueline Alemany (@JaxAlemany) October 27, 2019
REACTIONS
Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump, our intel community, and our US Special Forces for eliminating the most wanted terrorist in the world. It is truly a great day in America! ❤️??https://t.co/JMbFfBH10P
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) October 27, 2019
This should be a good day that Republicans and Democrats can come together and be proud that our US military took out #alBaghdadi without one American life being lost.
Is it possible that we can agree on this one thing?!?
— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) October 27, 2019
When we killed Bin Laden we ran to the White House and celebrated in the streets—conservatives, liberals, everyone—without any sniping about the fact that it was Obama in the sit room.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) October 27, 2019
Because your former boss never took victory laps, right? https://t.co/JVNh31HxAs
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) October 27, 2019
It's good news that #alBaghdadi, a monster who tortured and killed countless, people is dead.
But it is still embarrassing to see the president of our country speak like a 5-year-old boy who just watched a video game.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) October 27, 2019
Confirmed: Russia-Collusion Conspiracy Disease is incurable. https://t.co/9DFwClRfFI
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) October 27, 2019
VP Pence: We got al-Baghdadi.
Chris Wallace: It doesn't matter UNLESS YOU TOLD NANCY PELOSI FIRST! https://t.co/0xwNwUldCY
— Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) October 27, 2019
They had it right the first time.
The Washington Post changed the headline on its Al-Baghdadi obituary from “Islamic State’s terrorist-in-Chief” to “austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State.” pic.twitter.com/cs243EVz7W
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 27, 2019
Leaking has consequences https://t.co/INElOke6mD
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) October 27, 2019
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al-Baghdadi is now catching up with his old friend John McCain.
Every single Obama administration official crowed about killing Osama.
Leon Panetta in his book Worthy Fights: A Memoir
Quote:
“We know we got important, even critical intelligence from individuals subjected to these enhanced interrogation techniques” [waterboarding]
Panetta hems and haws about stooping to “their’ level, because that’s how democrats roll.
“It is foolish to maintain that those [enhanced] interrogations did not achieve anything.”
“We should be clear-eyed about the fact that we gave up those practices at a cost – that there is information we might never have received had interrogators not been allowed to inflict pressure, anxiety, and even pain on subjects”
He then returns to the threadbare “sacrificing idealism” tropes.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2019/10/27/118blower28-10-19_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqjYeQRtCUmaNTl9ge3SkvXvsQtCHq939w7zx1f6lxc4.jpg?imwidth=500
Nevertrumpers at the ‘conservative’ telegraph.co.uk think killing Bakr a nothingburger.
May I take exception to one thing our president said, about Al Big-daddy dying “like a dog.” This is the wrong expression. Our beautiful 13 year-old dog Layla just took her last breath, and right up to that moment, she was courageous, stoic, faithful, and a wonderful friend. The dogs we had in the past, Zeke and Zoe, were equally loving to the end. Please no one compare Al Big Daddy to any dog. it breaks my heart.
Condolences on your dog, I truly am sorry. PDJT used words that will be translated to have a specific impact on baghdadi’s followers. Their culture, society, and mores are much different than ours. PDJT is using specific words to shape their psychological perception/reaction to baghdadi’s death. President Trump has not only read ‘The Art of War,’ he has studied it and used Sun Tzu’s wisdom to help him build a very successful business. Again, I’m sorry about Layla.
Thanks CK. I hadn’t really thought about it. All is forgiven.
Dogs aren’t welcomed very much in the middle east, unlike goats.
Trump is talking too much! We and Islamists don’t need to know what was seized, who assisted us in the raid, how long we were watching the target, how many aborted missions were started, etc.
MarkS, just another speaker for the progs.
Obama released him, Trump eliminated the cruel killer.
And you are here to speak for the commies. Deranged.
Barry, MarkS is paraphrasing leftist talking points.
No, I’m expressing concern that Trump is telling our enemies details that they can use to understand our methods and possibly lead to our sources! Telling ISIS that we have their prisoners gives ISIS incentive to go look for them and torture those it suspects may know where they are. All Trump, or Obama after Osama, needed to say is that he is dead, now enjoy the football game?
Eh, that’s what I get for sticking up for a stranger.
Huh? W. Bush and Obama told ISIS and anyone else who bothered to listen (except you) that we had their prisoners. Where the hell have you been the past couple decades?
Rhetorical question.
Tiki, it’s OK. Sometimes any of us can miss a bit of snark.
OTOH, MarkS is a prog neverTrumper, so I knew he was dead serious. If Trump cured cancer he’d complain it unfair to murder cancer cells.
President Trump is delivering some messages to deep state actors. They don’t know what intel was seized from baghdadi. The deep state might be completely compromised in baghdadi’s hard drives, sim cards etc. This will produce chatter and other intel which will further compromise them. After almost three years (not to mention a lifetime of winning prior to 2016), it should be readily apparent that PDJT knows what he’s doing.
“What?!? How could this happen? Didn’t Trump in his incompetence just surrender to ISIS and let them get all there power back, undoing all the good work of Obama, by taking those 50 advisors out of Syria?” —What nevertrumpers and members of the media are probably thinking right now, since they are still as clueless about how to fight terrorism as they have ever been.
I’m not so sure they are clueless. This article is very insightful.
https://www.redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2019/10/23/mittens-deep-state-ongoing-coup-potus/
THANK YOU for posting this article. Very insightful … everybody should read and draw their own conclusions.
The Red State article references the article by Mr. Woltz.
Mr. Woltz digs into Romney and discovers the truth. Highly recommended reading. Recall, I’ve been telling everyone on this board that Romney is a crook.
https://www.pickeringpost.com/howellwoltz/12862/dead-men-dont-need-impeachment-swamp-in-panic-trump-in-danger/
Wow. Thanks, Elle.
Good. They actually have a letter requesting UK continue spying on Trump after the election.
Schumer was right; the “intel” community has 7 ways to Sunday to undercut you, and so does POTUS. So, 44 screwed 45.
Obama doesn’t believe in peaceful transfers of power. He’s evil.
Far too many people are fooled by President Trump’s ability to use ordinary language and speak to the common man rather than hiding behind the language of a high-falutin “education.” He isn’t stupid and he IS a genius. (Reported IQ 157 as I recall)
They also tend to forget – if they even know – that Donald Trump is a Grand Master Chess champion, taught by the likes of Bobby Fisher. When people say he is playing 3D chess they are not employing hyperbole. And BTW, so is his youngest son – awarded the title of Grand Master at age 11 -http://www.thedailychronicle.co.uk/2017/10/26/breaking-baron-trump-awarded-chess-grandmaster-title/
Dear Granny,
The chess business is 100% false. Trump apparently doesn’t even play chess.
The Daily Chronicle = The Onion, satire
“What?!? How could this happen? Didn’t Trump in his incompetence just surrender to ISIS and let them get all there power back, undoing all the good work of Obama, by taking those 50 advisors out of Syria?” —What nevertrumpers and members of the media are probably thinking right now, since they are still as clueless about how to fight terrorism as they have ever been.
So, to sum it up, Special Forces did a raid, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had a blast.
To ensure proper keeping with Islamic traditions; al-Baghdadi remains (carcass?) should be given to the family of the Jordanian pilot burned alive by ISIS.
I see a scandal brewing here. Trump informed Russia before he told Nasty Nancy, Crying Chuck and Shifty Shift. Apparently, he felt Russia, Turkey and the Kurds are better keepers of classified information.
….cause they are
He didn’t actually tell the Russians what the mission was but he did need their cooperation so we could fly over space they controlled
BUt I agree not telling Nancy was the right thing to do
He didn’t inform Russia WHY they needed the air space cleared.
On a more serious note, I do not see any constitutional requirement for the President to inform the Congress of a military raid prior to the operation. The president is bound (to the extent that its constitutional) by the War Powers Act, but there is nothing in the WPA about prior notification.
The complainers in Congress, of course, could use the same WPA and inform the president that the current operations in Syria are not covered by the 2003 Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that authorized the Iraq War, and that he needs a new one. Oh what fun that would be. Trump, I think, could twist their tails either way.
Jesus, can you see this congress keeping anything secret?? Id be prepared to trust the russians BEFORE trusting a Democrat controlled congress.
I can’t find it in the Constitution either, where the Commander-In-Chief answers to the Speaker of the House.
If someone can find it, please link it. I’ll buy you a cup of coffee and a bagel.
Odd. Isn’t this like the 4th time al-baghdadi has been killed?
Or do all these weird beard islamists look alike to me?
For you to allege that they all look alike demonstrates your implicit racism and ethnocentrism. I wonder if you say the same thing about people of African or Latinx ancestry.
And yes, it’s about the fourth time. This time it appears to be a done deal, Al-Baghdadi is truly, irretrievably, extra-special, put-a-fork-in-him dead.
Enjoy.
Except islam is not a race…..
Was Dr. Steve being sarcastic here?
Yes, but I didn’t use the sarc tag, so five people didn’t get it…
No, this is the first time Abu has been killed.
He’s part cat.
Of course he was also captured once, & released once, in 2004 from Gitmo. Third encounter, Unlucky! But pity he was crafty enough to gull the US into ever letting him out of the keep-net..
Dual? Hell he had obama in his Palm
As coroner, I say with vim
I thoroughly examined him
And he’s not only merely dead
Hee’s really most sincerely dead
From the Twitter reactions:
“When we killed Bin Laden we ran to the White House and celebrated in the streets—conservatives, liberals, everyone—without any sniping about the fact that it was Obama in the sit room.”
This, of course, is a lie. I distinctly remember Jugears and his minions using the Obama raid as an excuse to dunk on GWB.
Implicit in Obama’s time with OBL’s was the “I”….Obama was the victor, the one to be center stage….when Trump speaks now it’s “We”. What Obama (and McCain) ignited is being killed off after terrible costs.
The Baby Jesus Man Child was all about “I”. Every speech Obama ever gave revolved around him and its telling that there was never a we or an us but a me.
“Died like a dog”? Pretty expensive way to kill a dog. No wonder the national debt is so huge.
@ tom_swift You want have the defense capabilities of Canada, do you?
Died like a dog is great persuasion. Don’t join ISIS and die like a dog.
Nobody said to not kill a dog. Just do it more economically. During WW1, George Patton said much the same thing after seeing a single dead rat next to a large shell crater.
Incidentally, in his WW1 history Real War, Capt. B.H. Liddell Hart referred to the Canadians as “matchless assault troops.” Of course, things may have changed; never having fought off any Canadians I personally can’t say.
The Canadian military is poorly equipped thanks to decades of government neglect starting with Justin’s father, but that’s not a refection of the soldiers. If you know anyone who served in Afghanistan, ask them their opinion of the Canadian soldiers.
I loved their concrete hockey rink on Kandahar Air Base and watching the Canadians play. I have the utmost respect for all the Canadian military members I met.
People are testy today.
Dogs and pigs are loathsome creatures to devote Muslims. Dying like a dog is a BIG slam….just like Bush-I intentional mis-pronouncing Sadam’s name. “The pig died like a dog” would be even better.
As for ISIS, may Allah run out of virgins.
I think he’s been fresh out of those for some time now. The “virgins” available to “martyrs” these days are pretty much “virgin” goats in veils.
I hope all their virgins look like the late Helen Thomas.
May all their virgins be trannys.
That “virgins” was a typo. They actually spend eternity getting stomped on by the ghosts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other Virginians.
What do you suggest they should have done?
He died like a dog but he lived like a Democrat.
That’s why it was so expensive.
A MILLION things give us a budget deficit. Not defense spending.
I recently spoke to a government contractor about something he built for an agency. Civilian agency.
They spent $200,000 to have a display built. A display.
After 7 months, they got rid of it.
They got rid of something the cost of which was greater than my home, after SEVEN months.
The government leaks money like a colander. It ain’t helicopter rides and bullets that is breaking us.
The Air Force spent (I believe, if memory serves me correctly) $2 million dollars renovating and hardening the main gate of Mather Air Force Base in Sacramento. A short time later (1993) the base closed and the front gate infrastructure was torn out.
call me crazy, but I see this:
Trump’s advisors tell him there is no way we can get al-BlownUp while we are in Syria. Trump tells everyone we are pulling out, takes a lot of flack from the people at home – with the added bonus of making anti-Trumpers switch positions like a hot potato changes hands. al-BlownUp gets a little bit cocky, and then we go in and take him out.
As for Trump’s little victory dance – look at the words he used: coward, dog, whimpering, crying, screaming. Those are words that are designed to make the rest of ISIS – and their leaders – rethink their desire to fight and die for the caliphate.
also, with the Kurds abandoning the POW camps full of ISIS prisoners, those rabid crazies are no longer protected by POW international treaties? Now we can just bomb and kill them. No country has to take them back now cuz there is nothing to take back 🙂 win-win
While I appreciate the cultural reference, I am going to have to have one of my rare disagreements with our Presidents. Dogs die well, often protecting children.
A big thank you to our Commander-in-Chief and US Special Forces, who made this all possible.
He didn’t protect children, he murdered them.
Which is why the ISIS leader shouldn’t be likened to a dog, per my point.
Does one still get all those goodies in Paradise if died a coward?
“al Baghdadi: “Were are my vigins ?”
Demons: “You and your friends are the virgins””
Comment found ay Brietbart
How ’bout a mangy, rabid dog with fleas? 🙂
My dad once shot a stray dog with mange to protect our own dogs. That dog died like a dog.
I too love dogs, but to the Islamic culture to be compared to a dog is a great insult. In international relations sometimes words aren’t meant for us. Trump is trying to desecrate the idolization of al-Baghdadi.
I wouldn’t say it’s an unfortunate use of terms by DJT – like so much of modern language we’ve lost the cultural / historical meaning and often speak in a kind of short-hand. Saying ‘died like a dog’ may refer to a ‘cur dog’, about which Wiki writes: “In dog fighting parlance, a ‘cur’ is a dog which quits or loses a fight.” The inference is a cowardly dog I suspect since he also used that term.
“He died like a dog, he died like a coward.”
When he mentioned that, both my husband and I looked at each other and laughed. We love dogs but we’ve also both lived in the Middle East and understand what that particular phrase represents to radical Muslims. Being chased down by dogs is even better.
Very much respect your opinion. PDJT used that language to influence baghdadi’s followers. ‘Art of War’ strategy. Get them to make mistakes through anger/impulsiveness. Their culture is very, very different, and he was speaking to them in this regard, not us. I love dogs too!
Wanted to emphasize that their “great leader” did not die heroically or even manfully. In terms that no Middle Eastern Muslim would misunderstand.
We can now agree that Obama successfully eliminated Osama bin Laden. We can all agree that Trump successfully eliminated Abu al-Baghdadi. There is a difference though. Trump’s handlers didn’t have to drag him off the golf course to watch the mission unfold in the SitRep Room.
What. Too early?
The Obama crowd said Bush was a failure for not getting OBL. Well in that case FOR was a failure in WW2, Kennedy was a failure in the space race and Jimmy Carter was ….ok…was a failure no matter what.
I thought about the contrast, too. Obama in open shirt and casual jacket slouched in a chair with hordes of slovenly people all around the room.
Compare that shambles to the picture in the above post of a professional, serious-minded (and properly dressed) group of grown-ups.
And no American ambassadors were murdered either. I wonder if Hillary noticed that?
Incidentally, in his WW1 history Real War, Capt. B.H. Liddell Hart referred to the Canadians as “matchless assault troops.” Of course, things may have changed; never having fought off any Canadians I personally can’t say.
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my father fought in the skies over europe–though impressed by the bravery of the brits in the raf, he often said it was the canadians whose courage was humbling to everyone–all volunteers at that point, nevertheless they carried the battle to the germans fiercely and with gusto–canadian casualties in the air war over europe exceeded thirty thousand–quite a toll for a small country
congratulations to president trump and our special forces–not a single american life expended in the effort–excellent
concur with potus’ description–he definitely died a coward’s death–imagine dragging innocent children along with you(presumably your own flesh and blood)and killing them as a consequence of your own twisted hatred
good riddance
dinglebarry apparently let him loose to develop isis and how many millions of souls are on dinglebarry’s hands that will never be reported by l s m – low scum media
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/flashback-never-forget-isis-terror-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-was-held-at-us-prison-camp-bucca-in-2009-until-obama-white-house-agreed-to-let-him-go/
Apparently there’s a lot of confusion not only about when he was released, but also exactly where he was held.
“Because your former boss never took victory laps, right?”
Because we can count on the MSM to fairly report Trump’s accomplishments, right?
Anyone recall Libya: “we came, he died.” And then all hell broke loose, our ambassador and three brave Americans were murdered, and we left a schiffhole much worse than Qadaffi ever imagined.
I remember.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=RqQf0aDb71Y
Probably not the best pic I could have chose as the yellow might make it look photoshopped. But it’s
real.https://im.indiatimes.in/content/2017/Nov/slave_trade_in_libya_going_on_1512050150.jpg
I believe I’ve commented here dozens if not hundreds of times. Be careful what you ask for in the Islamic world. It is the lion that keeps the wolves away. Should that need any explanation I will be happy to spell it out for the dullards. \
“The economy is alive, al-Baghdadi is dead”
… and Charles Manson was also an “austere religious scholar” of the Church of Helter Skelter
“Austere religious leader dies in darkness”
Keeping Leaking-Liar Schiff out of the loop was critical to the success of this operation.
Well done, Mr. President.
Trump was seen talking to the ISIS leader just before the ISIS murderer was cornered in the tunnel. Trump told him “who’s your BagDaddy now!!!”
Somebody tell Nancy that she and the other democrat scum weren’t told in advance but the Russians were, because the Russians can be trusted more than the scum with a (D) by their names.
The music of the day at the Whitehouse is??
1. “You dropped a bomb on me” by the GAP Band.
Other selections are….
Democrats are now scrambling to get their “I STAND WITH ABU” t-shirts.
Too bad three of them weren’t in the blast radius of Abu’s DIY chestburster, instead of the hapless kids who were.
On a more serious note, I can’t wait to see the movie of this raid!! 🙂
Yes, and the injured dog will have a major part!
Trump did not tell the progs because there is no doubt, none at all, that they would have leaked it.
Any action that makes Trump appear the nitwit is justified to them
So, the US acquires intel of the exact whereabouts of Al-Baghdadi, in western Syria, of all places. We put together an operation to capture or kill him. Planning such a mission does not occur over-night. And, in this case, it also required several other nations to allow it, in order for it to go smoothly. How to gain the cooperation of these other countries?
Well, a little less than two weeks ago, the CINC withdrew a small number of US troops from Northeastern Syria, returning control of the area to Syria and their Russian allies. He reaches an arrangement with Turkey for a nine mile Kurd buffer zone in that area, with a strict warning NOT to go beyond that area. There is likely a further message to Syria that US troops are leaving its territory to the Syrian government. And, there was possibly an agreement with Russia to allow it to play peacemaker between Turkey, Syria and the Kurds. Suddenly, two weeks later, US and allied forces stage a raid on Al-Baghdadi which requires the Syrians, Russians and probably the Turks, to turn a blind eye to the operation if not assist in it, to some extent. Do things begin to make more sense now?
This is wartime diplomacy. If FDR, Kennedy, or even Soetoro had done this they would be heralded and brilliant strategists. But, Trump? He gets labelled a traitor as everyone second guesses him. Don’t hold your breath waiting for the media praise to begin.
I love it when a plan comes together.
Good points all, Mac.
Pelosi will see to it bagdaddy will lie in state in the capital, next to cummings (who himself, is still seriously dead.)
Cummings and Conyers may be dead, but they will still be voting in their home districts for years to come.
Compare the photo of Trump in the situation room with that of obama when bin laden was liquidated.
barry looks like he was in another room on the toilet, and got photoshopped in:
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-situation-room-photo-baghdadi-analysis-obama-bin-laden-comparison-2019-10
Hilllary clinton is in the photo too, probably trying to figure out how to extort money from the events.
Biden’s in it too. He looks like he doesn’t know where he is.
He hasn’t for decades
Huh…and here I thought Trump pulled all the troops out of Syria.
“He died like a dog, he died like a coward”
He died like someone who knew how he treated prisoners and figured we were no better than he was.
Not informing Nancy and Congress? As if Nancy didn’t need another reason to cancel the State of the Union speech again next year.
Given that the Dems have been unequivocal in stating that they WANT a recession (so that DJT doesn’t get re-elected), there’s zero doubt in my mind that they would have leaked details of the mission had Trump clued them in so that it would have failed … and failed big time.
‘Nuff said.
Oh, yes. Dogs. Have you ever jumped out of a plane with anyone else but your best friend?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=RqQf0aDb71Y
Or, really, the last friend you’ll ever have it all goes wrong.