Archived US troops demolished ISIS leader's suspected building to prevent it from becoming a shrine (businessinsider.com)
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Archived US troops demolished ISIS leader's suspected building to prevent it from becoming a shrine (businessinsider.com)
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'US special operations forces who are believed to have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi issued an airstrike on his compound to prevent the location from becoming a shrine, according to Newsweek. '
'Baghdadi, who fetched a $25 million bounty in the US, is believed to have been killed in the raid. ', "In 2018, ISIS militants and Iraqi intelligence indicated that Baghdadi's son, Hudhayfah al-Badri, was killed in Syria."
'US troops faced incoming fire once they entered the site, a senior Defense Department official said to Newsweek, adding that the ISIS leader appeared to have killed himself by detonating a suicide vest. ', "Officials reportedly reasoned that it would prevent bin Laden's gravesite from becoming a shrine."
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