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Chichiri

(4,667 posts)
Sun Oct 27, 2019, 09:05 AM Oct 2019

If al-Baghdadi was wearing a suicide vest in the first place . . .

. . . then he knew ISIS would get along just fine without him.

This is a high-profile stunt. Turkey, knowing of Trump's desperate need for a political victory right about now, almost certainly traded al-Baghdadi for withdrawl from Syria; it's likely what they talked about in that phone call just before Trump announced the withdrawl.

They're going to try to distract us with this. Don't be distracted.

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If al-Baghdadi was wearing a suicide vest in the first place . . . (Original Post) Chichiri Oct 2019 OP
Quid For The Pro.....nt global1 Oct 2019 #1
It means that he was too valuable to be taken alive. braddy Oct 2019 #2
Exactly Pacifist Patriot Oct 2019 #3
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