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US special forces kill top ISIS leader in raid in Syria

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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 03:20 UTC

Thirteen people were reportedly killed including six children and four women, according to the Associated Press.

US special forces overnight killed top leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in a large-scale raid in northwestern Syria, President Biden said Thursday morning.

"Thanks to the skill and bravery of our Armed Forces, we have taken off the battlefield Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi — the leader of ISIS," Biden said in a statement. All Americans involved in the operation returned safely, according to the president, who is scheduled to provide more details later today about the raid.

Thirteen people, including six children and four women, were reportedly killed in the roughly two-hour U.S. operation in which special forces arrived in helicopters and clashed with gunmen at a house near the Turkish border, according to the Associated Press.

The death count is from witnesses. The Pentagon provided no details on casualties but initially said no U.S. forces had been killed in the raid.

Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi took over as leader of the militant group in October 2019, after U.S. forces killed then-leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the same area.

Biden also said he ordered the raid to "protect the American people and our allies, and make the world a safer place," amid a resurgence of ISIS in the region, including a 10-day assault in late January to seize a prison, the wire service reported.

Comment: Is Biden taking undue credit? Other sources say:

Reportedly, Al-Qurashi blew himself up inside his safe house in Idlib, Syria while the U.S. military forces were approaching it. Biden celebrated the death of the Daesh supremo, who once happened to be an 'eager' informant to the U.S. military.

Biden, in his White House speech said:
"We all remember the gut wrenching stories, mass slaughters that wiped out entire villages, thousands of women and young girls sold into slavery, rape used a weapon of war," and that "this horrible terrorist leader is no more."
According to NBC, a military chopper had a maintenance issue during the mission and landed a mile away from the target, where it was detonated since it was considered unsafe to resume.

Al-Qurashi's rise as the ISIS supremo can be traced back to 2008 when he served as an indispensable informant to the US Defence Department. Al-Qurashi, whose real name is Amir Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman Al-Mawla, was held in an American detention camp in Iraq sometime around late 2007 or early 2008 for his militant activities. At the time, the US authorities found him to be a cooperative 'prison snitch', who willingly provided valuable insights about the Islamic State.

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Tsakoug · 2022-02-04T22:43:45Z

So if he was co-opted by the US, how can he seriously be called El Supremo of ISIS? Another straw man who took a wrong step?

Oldfart · 2022-02-05T03:34:14Z

Tsakoug El Supremo of ISIS. More like No2 of USAISIS.

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· 2022-02-05T03:47:58Z

alexal60 · 2022-02-05T08:16:37Z

Homines quod volunt credunt.

A US raid in Syria in an area under Turkish control coincided with a Turkish raid in Ukraine. In the first case, civilian collateral losses eclipsed the initial objective of the operation. In the second case, the Turkish operation in Ukraine ended in success.The US operation in Idleb targeted a leader of the shadow terrorist organization ISIS (better known by its Arabic acronym Daesh). The existence of this individual with more than 24 aliases and nom de guerre is highly debated. Especially since one of his nom de guerre is Al-Hachimi Al-Quraichi, a fairly naive basic reference used by neophytes in US intelligence interested in Islamist terrorism.

According to the information made public, this man who passed through American jails in Iraq alongside a certain Al-Baghdadi, activated his explosive belt at the approach of US special forces. As in the raid against Bin Laden in Pakistan, one of the military helicopters involved in the raid was destroyed in the operation. US military information made a point of specifying this time that the American forces were forced to destroy the device after mechanical damage.

According to the same sources, this terrorist leader lived in a three-storey building above a family who did not know who this neighbor really was. This explains the collateral civilian victims, mostly children. The profession is lost. This operation, which is supposed to enhance the coast of President Joe Biden, is not likely to consolidate his position since the coalition raid took place in acquired or “friendly” territory controlled by Turkey and therefore NATO. This means that the leader of Daesh lived in “blue” territory.This detail is important. And size. Most of the supposed leaders of Daesh or Al-Qaeda come from countries allied with Washington and never from countries considered hostile or part of the Axis of Evil. Moreover, all designated Daesh leaders passed through US military camps in Iraq before suddenly disappearing into thin air. They reappear a little later at the head of groups equipped with weapons and equipment straight out of a NATO military surplus, or, sometimes to appear more natural, from a Bulgarian or Romanian stock.A major ally of the United States in the region, Turkey participated in the raid and knew that the supposed leader of Daesh whose groups were fighting in Hassaka was in its area of control in northern Syria.

At first glance, the existence of this character was neither a priority nor a great interest for the MiT. Turkey just helped Washington in exchange for another service. A much more important service for the Turks. MiT went after an arms dealer in Ukraine who was threatening to expose the entire clandestine Turkish arms network in the conflict zones. A veritable atomic bomb for President Erdogan. We will note here the much more realistic perception of the real issues by the Turks, unlike Washington, which seems interested in a public relations stunt or, according to another fashionable term and in line with the mentality of social networks, a buzz effect in order to reinforce a picture. For several years Turkey has woven a solid arms supply network in Eurasia, the Middle East and Africa. By outsourcing the empire's wars, it has carved out its own market while advancing its pawns.Not only did the discrete Turkish operation in Ukraine cost much less than the US operation in Idleb, which again distinguished itself by a huge waste of resources, but it had an infinitely superior return since Ankara achieved a real strategic objective while Washington does image marketing based on an obsolete theme that has no impact on the regional strategic situation.

oldschoolrider · 2022-02-05T09:18:42Z

FFS, oh please dont ever mention the mighty US forces wouldnt of pulled this off without the might help from our Russian allies!!

alexal60 · 2022-02-05T12:14:09Z

While in the White House they were resting awaiting the triumphal awakening on Thursday morning to communicate to the world the killing of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the new head of the Islamic State after the alleged elimination of the founding caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, some Middle Eastern agencies, including the Syrian government SANA, had already reported the massacre of at least 13 civilians, including children, in the north of Idlib for a drone raid attributed to the US Air Force.

American President Joseph Biden at the press conference instead stated that he had ordered to «conduct a ground operation instead of an air strike to protect civilians living in the same residential building as al-Qurayshi who did not have any affiliation with ISIS» wrote Defense One referring what the senior administration official told reporters.The White House had also explained that the leader of the Islamic cutthroats seeing himself surrounded had blown himself up together with his family, thus justifying the devastation of the house and the other victims.But now not even CNN believes him and UNICEF confirms the victims referring to a scenario of devastating bombings.“ UNICEF confirms that at least six children were killed and one girl was badly injured overnight in the border town of Atmeh in the northwest of Syria due to heavy violence. According to reports, civilian-populated areas were severely damaged” Bertrand Bainvel, UNICEF’s Interim Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, wrote in a statement [Link] .

A very correct title given that, as we will reveal at the end of this report, the same ISIS leader killed was actually released in 2008 from the Camp Bucca prison following the same fate as Al Baghdadi.

The Idlib border between Syria and Turkey, where the American blitz took place with the killing of al-Qurayshi, is also the escape route for ISIS terrorists who, either in favor of the Turkish 007 or for money, manage to obtain a passage to the European Union.

«On the heels of the massive ISIS attack in Heseke, attacks continue in north and east Syria. Turkey and Turkish backed SNA militias launched a major operation into northern Syria last night, which they named Operation Winter’s Eagle. The Turkish Defense Ministry announced this afternoon that they hit 80 predetermined targets across NES, including in the regions around Derik, Manbij, Al Bab, Tel Tamr and Shehba, and that the operation is now “successfully completed”. Turkey also bombed the Yazidi region of Sengal and Maxmur camp in Iraq».

This is what was communicated on Wednesday 2 February by the Rojava Information Center which follows the Kurdish administration AANES which controls the Syrian north-east after the SDF militias freed it from the Islamic State with the help of the American army although the People’s Liberation Movement of Iraq, which has already threatened revenge for the Turkish aggression, continue to regard ISIS as a creation of Caliph Al Baghdadi as a secret agent of the CIA and the Israeli Mossad.

The assault on Al Sina prison, which ended with a toll of over 300 dead among jihadists prisoners and aggressors, and over 100 among SDF, special forces and civilians, was the subject of various speculations after Veterans Today, the American website of geopolitics and military intelligence, [Link] reported the SouthFront news on the release of 23 SDF soldiers captured by ISIS cutthroats in exchange for the release of 200 prisoners who were then transported to the American base of Al Tanf to be sent for re-employment.

But the final pearl comes last:

«The files, released Thursday, suggest that Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla (real name of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi – ed) provided US forces with the names of 68 al-Qaeda fighters and the facility. of al-Qaeda in Mosul, Iraq, after being arrested in 2008 and detained in Campo Bucca» wrote MiddleEastEye on September 2020 as recalled by Nauman Sadiq on Veterans Today

.«Three Tactical Interrogation (TIR) reports published by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) claim that Mawla, who was an al-Qaeda judge at the time, identified the leading figures behind the killings, kidnappings and bomb making. improved explosives used to kill coalition forces» .

We really wonders why all these honored collaborators of the most powerful army in the world then become terrorists in Syria … We will understand this in the next investigation when we reveal how the European Union has financed terrorist organizations!

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JTF Truth · 2022-02-05T18:17:25Z

I'm no expert, but that house looks like the explosion came from inside, not outside. Hmmmm

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