Pres. Trump says 'some' congressional leaders were notified of raid. 'We were going to notify them last night, but we decided not to do that, because Washington leaks like I've never seen before...Washington is a leaking machine.'
"A brutal killer, one who has caused so much hardship and death, has violently been eliminated," Trump said in an address to the nation from the White House."He will never again harm another innocent man, woman or child. He died like a dog. He died like a coward. The world is now a much safer place.""Al-Baghdadi was vicious and violent and he died in a vicious and violent way. As a coward running and crying," Trump said.
The president described al-Baghdadi running into a dead-end tunnel,"whimpering, crying and screaming the whole time." He also confirmed that the ISIS leader detonated a suicide vest that he was wearing and killed himself and some children. There were no American troops wounded, but a military dog was hurt when the vest was detonated, Trump said.
U.S. special forces nearly killed him in August 2017, destroying a compound south of Ragga in which he was believed to have been during a massive bombardment. The following month, he released an audio recording to prove he'd survived.There had been a $25 million U.S. bounty on the head of al-Baghdadi, who, in his only previous video, recorded in a Mosul mosque in 2014, called himself"Caliph," or leader of all Muslims.
The president said American forces were in the compound for about two hours after the mission and collected sensitive information.This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates
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