Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so-called Islamic caliphate, blew himself up during the targeted attack on his lair in Syria's Idlib province in the early hours of Sunday morning. His lair was in a village known for smuggling, and he arrived there 48 hours before the raid
Robert Spencer, PJ Media: The ISIS Caliph Is Dead – But Who Was Protecting Him?
Islamic State (ISIS) caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, killed by an American airstrike in northwest Syria. President Trump announced this morning: “U.S. Special operations forces executed a dangerous and daring night-time raid in northwestern Syria, and accomplished their mission in grand style. The U.S. personnel were incredible.”
But the question now should not be avoided: why was al-Baghdadi hiding so close to Turkey? Were the Turks protecting him? If not them, then who was?
It strains credulity that Turkey, with its interests in northern Syria, did not know he was there. Al-Baghdadi was killed in Barisha in the Idlib province, a town of no more than 2500 people right on the Turkish border. If the Turks didn’t know that the world’s most wanted terrorist was there, they’re incompetent beyond measure. If they did know, they’re complicit in protecting him.
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WNU Editor: A lot of intel was retrieved from al-Baghdadi's home. I suspect that a lot of questions are going to be answered in the coming days/weeks.
Very interested in knowing what Our “ally” Turkey knew about this and what else we can decipher from the intelligence we got from the compound. Is it time to stop calling Turkey an ally?
ReplyDeletePerhaps the thinking is that Turkey will serve as a back door the Russia.
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