The Killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

More details are emerging about  just how U.S. commandos located and cornered ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi over the weekend as well as questions about how much intelligence was gathered from Baghdadi’s compound.

Reuters reports that  Iraqi intelligence teams gathered details about Baghdadi’s movements from a former top aide in February 2018.  

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