Pentagon Officials Suggest Trump Lied About His Involvement In ISIS Raid And Made It 'More Difficult

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Pentagon Officials Suggest Trump Lied About His Involvement In ISIS Raid And Made It ‘More Difficult’
by Lance Perriman
Oct 27, 2019


President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that he was “on top” and “in command” of the military incursion that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. However, according to a report from the New York Times, Trump’s claim is not entirely true. In fact, the report cites two U.S. officials saying that Trump made the long-planned operation more difficult because of his impulsive decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.

Military intelligence officials have been tracking Baghdadi’s movements for months after getting tips from one of his wives and a courier, the officials told The Times.

The tips “came following the arrest and interrogation of one of Mr. al-Baghdadi’s wives and a courier this past summer, two American officials said,” according to the report.

“Armed with that initial tip, the C.I.A. worked closely with Iraqi and Kurdish intelligence officials in Iraq and Syria to identify Mr. al-Baghdadi’s more precise whereabouts and to put spies in place to monitor his periodic movements,” the report notes, before adding the president’s abrupt pull-out from Syria forced the military’s hand.

“Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw American forces from northern Syria disrupted the meticulous planning and forced Pentagon officials to press ahead with a risky, night raid before their ability to control troops and spies and reconnaissance aircraft disappeared, according to military, intelligence and counterterrorism officials. Mr. al-Baghdadi’s death, they said, occurred largely in spite of Mr. Trump’s actions,” The Times reports.

This runs contrary to the president’s claim on Sunday morning that he has been focused on tracking down the leader for years while stating he has constantly been asking about the whereabouts of the Islamic terrorist since he came into office.

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[Jarqui]

1. What is this? His 14,000th lie? nt

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Check out this video clip, and wait for the last 10 seconds--showing what a real asshole Trump is.

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Sarah Reese Jones
?Verified account @PoliticusSarah

CENTCOM disagrees with Trump. and says Bin Laden was the bigger deal than Baghdadi.

Link to tweet

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[dawnie51]

2. Dump knows nothing......

about anything. He is profoundly ignorant.

[Frustratedlady]

3. Sorry, but you are wrong. He, himself, told us today that he is a computer expert.

He was kind of complimenting those involved in the security/spying or some such duty in yesterday's capture/killing of the ISIS cretin by saying how amazing their expertise was in computers, but then stated, "not as much as Donald Trump, though!" (Gotta get that critical word "though" in there...as in, "I have a favor to ask, though!&quot


Just sayin'.

[rickyhall]

5. And a genius, remember?

[Frustratedlady]

6. Ahhh, make that a STABLE genius!

[Perseus]

7. He said that? Please, provide the video or the report, I have to send it to my computer friends.

I have to tell them I found someone who is better than them, maybe they will want to hire him and we solve a problem...I know they will have a laugh.

[Perseus]

9. Found it, he tweeted it

[crickets]

4. Big K&R!

[spanone]

8. K&R...👍🏼

He'll steal credit for anything.

[Martin Eden]

11. Let's hope this truth comes out

Of course, the unwashed MAGAts will call it fake news.