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greyl

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7. "further verification is pending"

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 11:09 PM

Oct 2019

A U.S. Army official briefed on the results of the operation told Newsweek that Baghdadi was killed in the raid. And the Defense Department told the White House they have "high confidence" that the high-value target killed was Baghdadi, but further verification is pending.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-approves-special-ops-raid-targeting-isis-leader-baghdadi-1467982

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Official. The Big Deal was a Special Ops attack on Baghdadi [View all] Roland99 Oct 2019 OP

Dear leader is such a big baby...... pangaia Oct 2019 #1

Baghdad Blob's Big Boom-Boom Blue Owl Oct 2019 #2

Interesting. When Obama took out bin Laden, he had been madinmaryland Oct 2019 #3

Putting men in harm's way to assuage Zoonart Oct 2019 #4

*ding!* WINNER! crickets Oct 2019 #15

Yes. So incredibly dangerous. Zoonart Oct 2019 #19

Hey Lame-O flotsam Oct 2019 #5

Especially considering that they had to dig up his rotting corpse before The_REAL_Ecumenist Oct 2019 #24

Understand but Woodycall Oct 2019 #27

LOL Skittles Oct 2019 #6

"further verification is pending" greyl Oct 2019 #7

So, he's waiting until the nerds in the editing bay have the announcement video ready to roll? blogslut Oct 2019 #8

Newsweek is reporting al-Baghdadi is dead. liberalguilt57 Oct 2019 #9

Trying for an Obama announcement? irisblue Oct 2019 #10

Oh FFS! How desperate is this dipshit?! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2019 #11

Instead of being in the Situation Room, Trump was on the golf course. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #12

"ME ME ME, it was ME who did this!!!!" Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #13

This is good news if true Alea Oct 2019 #14

🤔 wonder if any American " journalists" will ask about these tweets irisblue Oct 2019 #16

I'll make sure to turn the volume off when I turn on the t.v.in the morning. The news may be Karadeniz Oct 2019 #17

I'll take what I can get. Beryllinthranox Oct 2019 #26

Have to wonder - Was this MORE Quid Pro Quo? Roland99 Oct 2019 #18

That was my first thought. nt chowder66 Oct 2019 #20

So more Trump self congratulatory bullshit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 #21

BREAKING NEWS: You can't impeach a war hero RainCaster Oct 2019 #22

I thought Trump said last year that ISIS was gone, defeated. tclambert Oct 2019 #23

Didn't know he was still alive. moondust Oct 2019 #25

I'm sure there's a next-in-line who's ready to take his place. NurseJackie Oct 2019 #28