The 'Whimpering' Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard
Source: New York Times
The Whimpering Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard
President Trump offered a vivid account of the ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi crying and screaming in the final minutes before his death. The only problem: No one else knows what hes talking about.
By Peter Baker and Eric Schmitt
Published Nov. 1, 2019
Updated Nov. 2, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON It was a vivid scene worthy of the ending of a Hollywood thriller, the image of a ruthless terrorist mastermind finally brought to justice whimpering and crying and screaming all the way to his death. But it may be no more true than a movie script.
In the days since President Trump gave the world a graphic account of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadis last minutes, no evidence has emerged to confirm it. The secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the regional commander who oversaw the operation that killed the leader of the Islamic State all say they have no idea what the president was talking about.
Four other Defense Department officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share details of the raid, said they had seen no after-action reports, situation reports or other communications that support Mr. Trumps claim. Nor did they have any indication that Mr. Trump spoke with any of the Delta Force commandos or ground commanders in the hours between the Saturday night raid and his Sunday morning televised announcement.
One American official who was deeply familiar with the operation dismissed the presidents version of events as mere grandstanding. Another senior official briefed extensively on the mission said, I dont know how he would know that. It sounds like something he made up. The surveillance drone video Mr. Trump watched in the Situation Room had no live audio.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/us/politics/trump-isis-leader-baghdadi.html
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It sounds like something he made up.