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ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Killed by US Military

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is killed
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is killed in Us military operation

Us military conducts an operation against Al-Baghdadi, the ISIS Leader in northwest Syria on Saturday. According to US media reports, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is killed in this operation. According to US officials “after DNA and biometric testing, the final confirmation will be made”. According to sources and media reports ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi suicides by blasting suicide vests during the operation. The operation was conducted by special operations commandos and the CIA assisted the whole operation in locating Al-Baghdadi.

First Newsweek breaks the story that Baghdadi was believed to have been killed. Later on, White House announced the schedule for an announcement by President Donald Trump and soon after that Donald Trump tweeted “something very big has just happened”.


According to Bloomberg, “The announcement will be made in Diplomatic Reception Room, the same location where Trump announced Oct. 23 he was lifting sanctions imposed against Turkey after the country complied with a cease-fire agreement with Kurdish forces in Syria.”


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Who was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been the world’s most wanted man. His real name was Ibrahim Awad al-Badri and he was born in 1971, near Samarra, north of Baghdad. In 2010, Baghdadi became the leader of ISI (Islamic State of Iraq). In 2013, ISI merged in al-Qaeda, a militant organization backed by a militant group in Syria. Baghdadi declared that his group will now be known as ISIL or ISIS.

The US officially declared Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi a “terrorist” In 2011 and announced a $10M reward for giving information leading his capture or death.

Fake death news of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was claimed many times. Baghdadi was hiding from the last 5-6 years. According to US officials, in May 2017, Baghdadi was wounded in an airstrike and from then he was not commanding ISIS due to his injuries. ISIS media wing Al-Furqan published a video in April, in which they showed a man claiming to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It was after a long long time the Baghdadi was seen since July 2014, when he spoke at a mosque in Mosul.

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