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October 29, 2019

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s underwear stolen by Kurdish spy for DNA test before raid, official says

Before the U.S. military positively identified the headless body of the world’s most wanted terrorist killed in a daring raid, a Kurdish spy had slipped into Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound and stole a pair of underwear to confirm the man’s identity as the long-sought ISIS leader through a DNA test, a Kurdish official said.

October 28, 2019

Parents of ISIS victim Kayla Mueller explain what Trump mentioning their daughter after al-Baghdadi raid meant to them

The parents of murdered ISIS captive Kayla Mueller spoke to Fox News after President Trump mentioning their daughter during his official announcement the terrorist group's leader was dead.

October 28, 2019

Israel's UN ambassador condemns Erdogan's support of terrorism

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon on Monday accused Turkey of being a hub for regional terrorism while saying its recent incursion into Syria has resulted in the strengthening of the Islamic State terror network.

October 28, 2019

President Trump releases photo of hero dog injured in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid

President Trump released a photo Monday of the military dog injured in the Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi raid over the weekend.

October 28, 2019

Al-Baghdadi informant was inside compound at time of raid, Kurdish general tells Fox News

The U.S. raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was months in the making and involved significant intelligence from Kurdish allies in Syria – including a rare informant at the heart of ISIS who was inside the compound at the time of the raid, Fox News has learned.

October 28, 2019

ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, potential al-Baghdadi successor, also killed in Syria, official says

Islamic State spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, considered a potential successor to terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also was killed in Syria, a senior State Department official confirmed to Fox News on Monday.

October 28, 2019

Who’s leading ISIS now that al-Baghdadi is dead?

The U.S. military operation that left elusive ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi without a head also succeeded in decapitating the organizational structure of the international terror group, which now faces a leadership vacuum in what is only the latest of several major setbacks.

October 28, 2019

James Carafano: Al-Baghdadi is dead –Trump was proven right on this one. So now what?

We have had the three most successful years in the fight against global terrorism. We should be building on that record of achievement—not fighting each other. 

October 28, 2019

How ISIS leader al-Baghdadi’s headless body was ID’d minutes after death

After years of intelligence gathering, U.S. Special Operation Forces could have no doubts that the mutilated body of a man killed during Saturday night’s daring raid in Syria was the long-sought Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, employing new technology and DNA testing to positively identify his headless remains almost immediately.

October 28, 2019

RAID IN PHOTOS: Images from daring Special Operations forces mission that killed Al-Baghdadi