Apparently whose your bag-daddy had a dog day afternoon as he was chased down a tunnel and blew himself up. The dog is recovering from surgery. Trump tweeted:
We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT JOB in capturing and killing the Leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi! pic.twitter.com/PDMx9nZWvw
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2019
This was his announcement:
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 27, 2019
Guarding the Oil
Despite announcing a with-drawl Trump tweeted a few days back that troops would still be left to “guard the oil”. As this is Syrian oil one wonders who he is guarding it from/for.
US Troops, Mechanized Forces to Remain in Syria to Guard Oil Wells: Esper https://t.co/0nHVxQGYzI
— Military.com (@Militarydotcom) October 25, 2019
This is what the Russian defense ministry has to say: US smuggles Syrian oil to other countries – Russian Defense Ministry https://tass.com/defense/1085449
We add the following summary from Moon of Alabama about “Kenny” (al-Baghdadi):
Related:
The PKK Kurds have finally agreed to adhere to the Russian/Turkish agreement.
The U.S. says it killed Kenny – again. Kenny was hiding or traveling in Idleb near the Turkish border. Iraq, the PKK Kurds and Turkey all claim to have been involved. Some say the helicopters came from Erbil, Iraq, but SOHR says they came from Turkey which is way more likely. Trump thanks Russia, Syria, Iraq, Turkey and the Syrian Kurds for their cooperation. As Kenny al-Baghdadi is now dead is there still a need to ‘protect the Syrian oil-fields from ISIS’?
The Russian Defense Ministry says it knows nothing of a strike, doubts that it happened.
That #Baghdadi was killed in #Idlib will come as no surprise to Damascus who were long aware of much more extensive relations between #AlQaeda #Nusra and #ISIS . The reconciliation between the two groups started after ISIS suffered significant losses in Mosul.
— EHSANI2 (@EHSANI22) October 27, 2019
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