Trump announces ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead

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English - October 28, 2019 18:46 - 3 minutes - 3.75 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratings
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US President Donald Trump announced over the weekend at the White House that the "world's number one terrorist leader" is dead.
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "blew himself up" when cornered by US forces who conducted a daring, two-hour nighttime raid on his compound in northern Syria.
The United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper justified the operation to media a short time ago. RNZ's correspondent in Washington DC is Giles Gibson.