A Visual Guide To The Raid That Killed Isis Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

The Guardian: 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

The US began to receive intelligence on the whereabouts of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi about a month ago, according to Donald Trump. Intelligence officials were able to scope out his exact location – near the village of Barisha in north-west Syria – two weeks ago, and Trump was made aware of the planned raid at the end of last week.

Moments after a team including the US president gathered in the White House situation room at about 5pm ET (11pm in Syria) on Saturday, eight helicopters – mostly twin-rotor CH-47s – took off from an airbase in northern Iraq.

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WNU Editor: President Trump has hinted that they may release the video of the operation .... Trump says he may release video of al-Baghdadi raid (The Hill).

Update: The top U.S. General has just confirmed that the video will be released .... Military's top officer says he CANNOT confirm Donald Trump's account of al-Baghdadi 'whimpering' before he died, saying president must have spoken to soldiers directly - but says Pentagon WILL release footage of raid (Daily Mail).

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