Yup, yet again Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed. Deja Vu? Or the same as simply restarting some random nameless video game? The fearless fighter can hunt the bad guy down over and over. Different scenarios of course, but, still the bad guy dies in any number of places and manners. How many times can one play this same game? Apparently many times because here we go again! ‘Major statement’ expected by Trump on Sunday morning: White House
"The U.S. military conducted an operation against elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday, a U.S. official said, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to make a “major statement” at the White House on Sunday morning.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was unable to say whether the operation against Baghdadi was successful. Newsweek said the operation took place in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province and was carried out by special operations forces after receiving actionable intelligence.
The official did not disclose details of the operation and other U.S. officials contacted by Reuters declined to comment. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.White House spokesman Hogan Gidley announced late on Saturday that Trump would make a “major statement” at 9 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday."
We’ve hours to go until this major statement, but, it feels like a PR Stunt for an election campaign. Am I right? Check out Al Jazeera on Youtube
There are conflicting reports about whether the operation to kill the ISIL leader was successful. The US Magazine Newsweek is citing a US Army official who says Baghdadi, who has been reported dead several times before, was killed. The White House says President Donald Trump will make a statement.
It has always seemed to me that Baghdadi existed only as war propaganda but not as a reality, though the presence of US special forces in Idlib is not doubtful and wonder if this is a cover story for something else? Something yet to occur?Recall July7th/2014: Mythopoeia- Abu Bakr al Baghdadial Baghdadi"My stance on this is there is NO Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Not a living human being. Not one individual. He is a composite. . He moves like the wind through the branches. You hear the branches, but, not al Baghdadi. He is everywhere. He is nowhere. He is whoever he is needed to be" Flashback: Baghdadi was reportedly killed, or something like that, November 2014
"His legend will live on and his super villain status will explode into your consciousness!His omnipotence will cause you to shake with fear.He must be caught!!! For you to feel safe at night!Or some garbage like that?! "
He's been killed and killed again since November 2014- Five years of nonsense. Five years of public relations spin. Perhaps, finally, this campaign needs to come to an end? A grand announcement by Donald Trump during an election campaign would be a clever way to finish this off. Oh the shock of it allWait just a minute! Didn't Obama take the same type of action? Yes he did!Obama Trumpets Killing of Bin Laden, and Critics Pounce
Presidents running for re-election typically boast of programs they created, people they helped or laws they signed. They talk about rising test scores or falling deficits or expanding job rolls. President Obama is increasingly taking the unusual route of bragging about how he killed a man.
UPDATE: 9:42 am estBelow is the video capturing the moment Baghdadi dies - Does the headline and what is shown really sync?Video captures moment Isis leader ‘detonates suicide vest during US raid’ UPDATE 2: Baghdadi Is Dead
President Donald Trump announced on Sunday morning. Baghdadi became the head of ISIS in 2010 but was not seen in public until 2014, when the group designated him caliph and he addressed the world in a florid speech from the pulpit of the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul, Iraq. Since then he has shown himself only once, on a dull video filmed in a windowless room and released in April.
As with Osama bin Laden, the most intriguing fact about Baghdadi’s assassination was its location, deep in what was considered enemy territory.
An appropriate ending is being written. Bad guy, coward, takes his own life as a beaten down man sheltered by 'enemy forces' having lost his followers, his way and finally his life.