Politics Syrian Civil War

[muck]

Lol, the Daily Mail strikes again. For their "infographic", they actually used that very famous picture of the "Horse Soldiers" from 2001!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ghdadi-Donald-Trump-watched-live-TV-link.html

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Likely Successor to Dead ISIS Leader Also Reported Killed (Published 2019)

Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, spokesman of the Islamic State, is believed to have been killed a day after the American raid that left the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Musashi]

The Guardian: Doubts over Donald Trump's dramatic account of Baghdadi raid.

Doubts over Donald Trump's dramatic account of Baghdadi raid

Footage relayed to US situation room was only overhead surveillance and had no audio

www.theguardian.com

 

[Chazman]

The Guardian: Doubts over Donald Trump's dramatic account of Baghdadi raid.

Doubts over Donald Trump's dramatic account of Baghdadi raid

Footage relayed to US situation room was only overhead surveillance and had no audio

www.theguardian.com

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Trump Had His Reasons for Mocking al-Baghdadi and Giving Gruesome Details of His Death

He was doing more than running down an adversary; he was actively trying to break the spell al-Baghdadi holds over his followers

time.com

 

[Fluff]

Trump Had His Reasons for Mocking al-Baghdadi and Giving Gruesome Details of His Death

He was doing more than running down an adversary; he was actively trying to break the spell al-Baghdadi holds over his followers

time.com

And trying to drive up sales for ford......

 

[Fluff]

The Guardian: Doubts over Donald Trump's dramatic account of Baghdadi raid.

Doubts over Donald Trump's dramatic account of Baghdadi raid

Footage relayed to US situation room was only overhead surveillance and had no audio

www.theguardian.com

I don’t understand, are they suggesting the leader of the free world has not given a verbatim report?

 

[BCNTM]

Visual guide to the raid that killed Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Baghdadi died in a US raid on a compound near the village of Barisha in north-west Syria

www.theguardian.com

hope the dog recovers

 

[Mike1976]

I don’t understand, are they suggesting the leader of the free world has not given a verbatim report?

Yeah I mean who cares about useless stuff like OPSEC and PERSEC. Obama was all to eager to give full details about who did what to the media after Neptune Spear to score some PR points. It's only bad when the other guy could have done it.

Regarding the children it's sad but on the other hand they can't succeed their father like Hamza tried and were likely brainwashed AF anyway. Another leader appointed and possibly already blown away again. No biggy, there are plenty of moderate leaders left in Idlib to take over for the time being.

 

[BCNTM]

Abu Bakr al Baghdadi death: Picture of dog in raid declassified but name stays top secret

Donald Trump posts a picture of the dog who was injured during the operation in which the leader of Islamic State died.

news.sky.com

a dog with no name

 

[Chazman]

Yeah I mean who cares about useless stuff like OPSEC and PERSEC. Obama was all to eager to give full details about who did what to the media after Neptune Spear to score some PR points. It's only bad when the other guy could have done it.

Regarding the children it's sad but on the other hand they can't succeed their father like Hamza tried and were likely brainwashed AF anyway. Another leader appointed and possibly already blown away again. No biggy, there are plenty of moderate leaders left in Idlib to take over for the time being.

It really pains me to say this, but I'm going to say it.

I can see Dem leadership, like Adam Schiff for example, wanting to sabotage a mission like this, leading to it's failure and even deaths of American servicemen, if it meant scoring political points against Trump.

 

[Dercius]

Would you still find it useful if his followers got so pumped-up by all that crowing that they resolve to behead the next American they can find in order to "exact revenge"?

Like if they ever needed an excuse.
We are not talking about rational people, are we??
Just bloodthirsty terrorists. They will always look for an excuse to justify their actions, no matter what.
Couldnt care less if they fed pigs with the body.

 

[Mike1976]

It really pains me to say this, but I'm going to say it.

I can see Dem leadership, like Adam Schiff for example, wanting to sabotage a mission like this, leading to it's failure and even deaths of American servicemen, if it meant scoring political points against Trump.

Without mentioning anyone in particular I feel the same way. The fewer people who know anything when it's not mission critical that they know anything prior to any operation the better it is.

If someone is prepared to back and even incite people that attack people exercising their right to protest and first responders alike, harass political opponents and use the intelligence agencies to topple them then using other enemies of the state to their advantage is a distinct possibility. Just one step further up the ladder of conflict escalation (6 to 7).

 

[Chazman]

 

[riderboy]

Visual guide to the raid that killed Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Baghdadi died in a US raid on a compound near the village of Barisha in north-west Syria

www.theguardian.com

hope the dog recovers

Dog is good. Belgian Malinois I believe. A dog attack is pretty fearsome. Closest I came was getting our Golden /Lab mix out of a coyote leg hold trap our idiot neighbor had put out. I reached down to open the trap, the dog was not unexpectedly distressed, bit the S**t out of my hands and arm. I really thought he had broken bones in my hand through thick leather gloves, I could feel bones crunching. Everyone was ultimately OK. But a trained attack dog? No thank you.

 

[Mike1976]

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It's so unfortunate that I have but one like to give

 

[Junglejim]

The reaction from the Philippine SecDef on the death of Al Bhagdadi... "Meh, it changest nothing and it will be business as usual"

Speaking of Putins win, he is visitibg the Philippines soon. Dudes on a roll

 

[Musashi]

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Just two days to go, so there's little room for an improvement, though.

 

[BCNTM]

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: IS leader's underwear 'stolen' for DNA test

Kurdish-led forces say their spy stole the clothing from the IS chief's hideout, proving he was there.

www.bbc.co.uk

nailed by his skid marks - now Trump could have mentioned that

 

[ao_sepia]

what is unit hunted him?