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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

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Relationship to TrumpISIS leader targeted in Trump-approved U.S. military raidlegal · political / 2 sources
Deceasedlife / 2019-10-26–2019-10-26

Exact relationships

  1. directed the raid in which al-Baghdadi diedpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source reference
  2. died during Trump-directed U.S. raidpoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 2 source references

Money, power & fallout

  1. Trump approves the raid plan targeting Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiTrump approved the raid plan on October 25, 2019; the operation began the next dayISIS leader targeted in Trump-approved U.S. military raid · documented · 2 sources
  2. Trump directed the Syria raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiDocumented cross-border use of force; no civilian-harm finding is asserted here.directed the raid in which al-Baghdadi died · documented · 1 source
  3. Baghdadi detonates a vest during the raid, killing himself and two childrenBaghdadi and two children died during the October 26, 2019 raiddied during Trump-directed U.S. raid · documented · 2 sources

    2 peopleChildren killed in vest detonation

Source: United States Army · Rights/use: Public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105 as a United States federal government work · Modified: cropped and resized