Donald Trump says assassinated Isis leader's replacement has already been killed
Donald Trump has confirmed assassinated Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s replacement has already been killed.
The President of the United States tweeted Tuesday: ‘Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated by American troops. Most likely would have taken the top spot – Now he is also Dead!
President Trump did not offer any further details about who al-Baghdadi’s suspected replacement was, how he was killed, and if he was wiped out during the same raid that killed his predecessor.
Al-Baghdadi blew himself up after being cornered by US special forces at a compound in Northern Syria on Saturday night.
On Monday, a senior US State Department official said Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly ‘played a key role in the raid.’
SDF Spokesman Mustafa Bali told CNN that they were able to locate al-Baghdadi after an Isis informant provided them with a piece of al-Baghdadi’s underwear and a blood sample, which they DNA tested to confirm his identity before the raid.
US special operations forces reportedly killed five other fighters in the raid. It is unclear if any of them were al-Baghdadi’s expected replacement.
Eleven children were also rescued in the raid were given to a ‘responsible’ party, according to US officials.
On Monday, Trump tweeted a photo of a military dog that participated in the raid, writing: ‘We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.’
The dog reportedly suffered injuries from an electrocution during the raid and is recovering.
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