This year, the White House is expected to offer similar recognition for America’s heroes — though Conan, the “hero dog” that played a role in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is not expected to make an appearance. Trump will also be continuing the traditio...
Baghdadi was the world’s most wanted terrorist up to that point and his death represented a major blow to the terrorist group. “Last night, the United States brought the world’s No. 1 terrorist leader to justice,” Trump said at the time. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.”...
Trump didn’t mention the name of the new target, but he is likely referring to Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the man who has been named to replace Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as head of the terror group. Al-Baghdadi took his own life last month as U.S. commandoes closed in on ...
Mr. Trump touted the strikes that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, and Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani. The strike that killed Soleimani was particularly controversial and resulted in a retaliatory strike from Iran on U.S. military bases in Iraq....
President Donald Trump has revealed the name of the heroic U.S. military dog thatchased ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadibefore he killed himself in a tunnel during last weekend's raid. In atweetearly Thursday morning, the president said the dog's name name is Conan and that he will ...
Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi In late October 2019, Trump announced that the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was dead following a daring American commando raid in Syria. According to the president, the militant leader was chased to the end of an underground tunnel, "whim...
s ordered airstrike in Baghdad that killed the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani into fundraising cash. And as recently as late last year, Trump fundraised off the U.S. military carrying out an operation to kill ISIS leader and founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, touting it...
The president recounted missions conducted under his orders to kill key adversaries in the Middle East: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. "Our message to the terrorists is clear: You will never escape American justice. If you attack our citizens, you forfeit ...
Soon after Bolton left the White House in September 2019, Miller came to Trump’s attention as the NSC liaison to the Pentagon during the Special Forces operation in which ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was assassinated. Miller subsequently moved to a counterterrorism position at the Pentagon,...
Weobliterated the ISIS caliphate 100 percent; killed its founder and leader,[Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi; and eliminated the world’s top terrorist,Qasem Soleimani. This month, we achieved apeace deal between Serbia and Kosovo. We reached a landmark breakthrough with two peace deals in the Middle...