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    Oct 28

    There’s a reason Kurds are sharing so much intelligence. They want to show they played, and still play, a vital role fighting ISIS. That they lost 11,000 people doing it, and should not be abandoned by the US while their homeland is under attack. It's not about bragging rights.

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  2. 6 hours ago

    key thing abt Kurdish-run mole in Baghdadi circle is that it shows isis fight was working. now Northern Syria is falling apart with Russia/Assad/Turks on the move. Kurdish troops barely want to talk to US forces anymore after Trump says Kurds should relocate to desert oil region.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    . quite a few missing details here. Informant also identified house by memorizing distinguishing features, water tanks on roof, layout, shape of compound, that US intel matched to sat imagery - and later, had GPS.

    . says informant will get the reward, or at least part of it. and the 'movement' was to Jarabulus, according to Kurdish intelligence, where the now dead spokesman had already set up a new house. And…
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  4. 6 hours ago

    US and Kurdish officials tell raid on Baghdadi succeed despite Trump's efforts, not because of them. Remember, Trump wanted to pull US troops out Syria, effectively ending mission with Kurds, well before they had their informant. Mattis, resigned over it.

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  5. 6 hours ago

    Gen. Mazlum tells informant was so trusted by Baghdadi he, unlike others, was not blindfolded when taken to him, just told to lay back car seat, and not to look out windows. But that he could still see distinguishing features of area, looking out of the tops of windows.

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  6. 6 hours ago

    . says informant will get the reward, or at least part of it. and the 'movement' was to Jarabulus, according to Kurdish intelligence, where the now dead spokesman had already set up a new house. And informant tied to that hit as well.

    An informant from the Kurdish intelligence service provided information that was essential to the raid that killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. and describe what they've learned about the timing and planning of the raid.
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  7. Oct 28

    Kurdish intelligence official tells Baghdadi had been preparing to move to Jarabulus, also on Turkish border. Was setting up a new safehouse there, which they didn’t know, or know as well. So plan was to kill Baghdadi in house the informant had studied, or on the road.

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  8. Oct 28

    Gen. Mazlum told the informant in Baghdadi's inner circle who passed critical information about the ISIS leader's movements and hideouts to Kurdish intelligence - who passed it on to US Intel - was motivated by revenge.

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  9. Oct 28

    SDF commander Gen. Mazlum told the Kurdish-controlled informant inside Baghdadi’s inner circle was a security advisor, and one of a small group of people allowed to visit the ISIS leader.

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  10. Oct 28

    Gathering the intelligence for the raid on Baghdadi was like putting together a puzzle. Many sources involved. The CIA apparently at the center, putting the pieces together. The Kurdish-led SDF is saying its source, in Baghdadi’s inner circle until the end, was the KEY piece.

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  11. Oct 28

    A Kurdish official just told Gen. Mazlum misspoke, and that SDF intelligence provided US intelligence with Baghdadi’s used underwear and a sample of BLOOD, not hair, and that both matched Baghdadi’s DNA. more details to come.

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  12. Oct 28

    A Kurdish official just told Gen. Mazlum misspoke, and that SDF intelligence provided US intelligence with Baghdadi’s used underwear and a sample of BLOOD, not hair, and that both matched Baghdadi’s DNA.

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  13. Oct 28

    Gen. Mazlum tells Kurdish intelligence helped track down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by stealing his used underwear and a sample of his hair to test for DNA, and that US intelligence confirmed a match months ago.

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  14. Oct 28

    Kurdish leader Gen. Mazlum says an ISIS informant, run by Kurdish intelligence, provided detailed information about Baghdadi's safehouse to US intelligence, including its floor-plan and tunnels.

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  15. Oct 28

    Gen. Mazlum Kobane tells that Kurdish intelligence had a deep source in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's inner circle who provided information essential to the US raid that killed the ISIS leader. Mazlum said the informant was at Baghdadi's compound as it was assaulted.

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  16. Oct 28

    Not an easy road. Love you Henry, Theo and Mary for being so strong, and still smiling.

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  17. Retweeted
    Oct 27

    My thoughts on the successful Baghdadi operation in tomorrow’s . A landmark day for the United States and the civilized world that could not have happened absent our Syrian Kurdish partners.

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    Oct 27

    The irony of the successful operation against al-Baghdadi is that it could not have happened w/o US forces on the ground that have been pulled out, help from Syrian Kurds who have been betrayed, and support of US intelligence community that has so often been disparaged.

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    Oct 27

    Baghdadi's capture was the direct result of the SOF and intelligence relationship between the U.S. and Syrian Kurds—carried out by the Delta Force and aided by intel the Kurds collected. This is exactly the kind of work Trump's withdrawal will undermine:

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  20. Oct 27

    I’ve been to Barisha area where US officials are confident American special ops killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It’s a smuggling area, has been for a long time. If you’re there, it’s likely for one reason: to cross the border illegally, into or out of Turkey.

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  21. Oct 27

    Picture of aftermath in Barisha, provided to , of aftermath of US raid that American officials are confident killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Witnesses describe helicopter raid, air strike and small arms fire.

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  22. Oct 27

    Witnesses in Barisha told that Islamic extremists who control the area (mostly former Nusra guys) “sanitizing the site” where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was likely killed, saying "no filming" while “they remove bodies.”

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    Oct 27

    . - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of believed to have been killed in U.S. raid in

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  24. Retweeted
    Oct 26

    Exclusive: Company with ties to Trump’s brother Robert awarded $33 million government contract

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    Oct 26

    Given Pentagon’s decision Friday to choose Microsoft over Amazon, this does not reflect well on Trump or Esper.

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    Oct 26

    Syria, last 24 hours: * US military returns in force from Iraq to guard oil fields * Thousands of refugees stream in other direction into northern Iraq * Erdogan threatens again to “do the cleansing work” in Kurdish areas US forces left to Russia and Assad Incoherent

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    Oct 25

    Kurdish fighters are facing Turkish-backed militias alone after President Trump ordered U.S. forces to pull back. American troops are still in the region, with a new mission, to protect Syrian oil fields. reports for .

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    Oct 25

    The White House Trump statement telling the entire Federal Government to terminate subscriptions to the NYT and Wash Post is a watershed moment in national history. No room for HUMOROUS media coverage. This is deadly serious. This is Mussolini.

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  29. Oct 25

    You’re wrong. It’s been 5 yrs US troops fighting ISIS with Kurds in Syria. I watched it start. Troops coming home? There weren’t ever many in Syria, and many of them were elite special ops on frequent short deployments, going home all the time. Isis trying to rebuild, not secure.

    ....COMING HOME! We were supposed to be there for 30 days - That was 10 years ago. When these pundit fools who have called the Middle East wrong for 20 years ask what we are getting out of the deal, I simply say, THE OIL, AND WE ARE BRINGING OUR SOLDIERS BACK HOME, ISIS…
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  30. Retweeted
    Oct 24

    Turkey continues offensive under new deal with Russia. As now reports for

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    Oct 24

    The White House is going to unsubscribe from the & the . People who work for the government are going to have to read us online

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  32. Oct 24

    There is something I call the Dictator's Treadmill: once you get on, you can’t get off, because falling off means ending up in jail. It's something I often consider wherever I report. What options does the leader have, and what is he/she willing to do not to fall off?

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  33. Oct 24

    Kurds say they didn’t sacrifice 11,000 men and women fighting ISIS with US special forces to become guards for remote Syrian oil fields.

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    Oct 12

    For the record. Here is the WH statement issued on eve of Turkish invasion clearly saying that it was about to happen -that means US advance noticed - and that US forces pulling out of the way. So when President Trump says no greenlight, remember this.

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    Oct 24

    WATCH: Richard Engel reacts to and debunks Trump's claim he was surprised at Turkey's attacks on Kurds. "Excuse me, you just said President Trump says - President Trump says now he was surprised that Turkey did this operation?"

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  36. Oct 24

    . calling on the Kurdish people to head to Syria's "Oil Region" where they have never lived. He's saying Kurds should abandon their cities, farms and homes. Mass population transfer was a tactic Stalin often used, not one called for by modern American presidents.

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  37. Oct 24

    The US president just told the Kurdish people to uproot from their homeland - while under fire in a war he approved - and move to the "oil region," a hostile, mostly desert area with an Arab population, where Kurds are NOT welcome and have never lived. WHAT?!

    I really enjoyed my conversation with General . He appreciates what we have done, and I appreciate what the Kurds have done. Perhaps it is time for the Kurds to start heading to the Oil Region!
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    Oct 24

    There’s worldwide reaction to President Trump’s speech in which he took credit for the cease-fire in Syria – an invasion that began when he suddenly withdrew American troops from the region, reports.

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  39. Oct 23

    My new hero

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    That smile ❤️ Major props to this mother.
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