{"id":36874,"date":"2019-10-27T06:31:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T13:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=36874"},"modified":"2019-10-27T07:02:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T14:02:41","slug":"caliphate-is-finished-isis-leader-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/caliphate-is-finished-isis-leader-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Caliphate Is FINISHED, ISIS Leader Is DEAD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Late Saturday night Pres Trump tweeted &#8220;Something very big has just happened!&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Something very big has just happened!<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1188264965930700801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Twitterverse was lit with speculation from silly to serious including this tweet from WaPo columnist Josh Rogin<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This seems to relate to the raid in northern Idlib, Syria where U.S. led coalition forces were pursuing a high value terrorist target. No confirmation yet, some chatter it could be Baghdadi. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I8aCl3oG5W\">https:\/\/t.co\/I8aCl3oG5W<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshrogin\/status\/1188265980977385472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;followed with this from Ryan Fournier<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>BREAKING: The United States has captured Al-Baghdadi,The head of ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>This is a huge defeat for ISIS!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanAFournier\/status\/1188276472680779776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That turned out not to be true, so it&#8217;s an example WHY we must hold off reporting on big events like this until it is confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Annahar News tweeted out (via Google translate)<br \/>\n&#8220;United States: Raid targeted ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and led to his death&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video reportedly showing the raid in Northern Idlib, Syria. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I5meR7ex4E\">pic.twitter.com\/I5meR7ex4E<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2014 ALX \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\udf83 (@alx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alx\/status\/1188291567225917442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Newsweek issued story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-approves-special-ops-raid-targeting-isis-leader-baghdadi-1467982\">Trump Approves Special Ops Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Baghdadi and Military Says He&#8217;s Dead<\/a> where they stated <em>&#8220;the Defense Department told the White House they have &#8216;high confidence&#8217; that the high-value target killed was Baghdadi, but further verification is pending.&#8221;<\/em> Key word there PENDING, but that didn&#8217;t stop countless people (who get upset when unverified info is shoveled out) to report the head of ISIS was dead!<\/p>\n<p>It is now <b><u>confirmed,<\/u><\/b> through biometric testing, the head of ISIS is dead after detonating a suicide vest as US Special Forces moved in during a 2 hour raid in Idlib, Syria!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenGriffinFNC\">Jennifer Griffin<\/a> reports:<br \/>\n<i>&#8220;ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi dead, killed in US raid in Idlib, according to senior US military source. Baghdadi\u2019s identity has been confirmed. \u201cWe long suspected Baghdadi was hiding in Idlib,\u201d US source said.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>I am told 50-70 American military service members involved in the raid- pulled from US Army Delta Force and Rangers. About 6 helicopters involved in raid. \u201cIt was a partnered mission,\u201d US official source tells me. Baghdadi was killed when he detonated suicide vest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Biometrics (facial recognition) immediately identified Baghdadi- in suicide bombing head removed intact. DNA also used &#8211; typically takes a day for DNA results. US forces launched from Erbil, Iraq. There had been reports of sightings of Baghdadi in Idlib for some time,US official.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKJZRpnBowk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>To all the Never Trumpers and doubters about Pres Trump&#8217;s foreign policy and handling of the middle east&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><u>SIT DOWN<\/u> AND SHUT THE FUCK UP<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Baghdadi was \u201cscreaming, crying, whimpering\u201d. \u201cWe knew he had a tunnel,\u201d President Trump says. \u201cThink of James Foley. Think of Kayla Mueller, the things they did to her.\u201d \u201cOrange suits&#8230; beheadings&#8230; he died a coward,\u201d President Trump says of Baghdadi\u2019s death during US raid.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenGriffinFNC\/status\/1188455638361350144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Late Saturday night Pres Trump tweeted &#8220;Something very big has just happened!&#8221;&#8230; Something very big has just happened! \u2014 Donald J. 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