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The Islamic State group leader who reportedly had a $25 million bounty on his head is believed to have been killed in Syria.

A "high value ISIS target" -- believed to be Islamic State mastermind Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -- was killed by U.S.-led forces in Idlib, a well-placed military source told Fox News on Saturday night.

A senior Trump administration official later confirmed the source's account.

At 9:23 p.m. Saturday, President Trump posted a Twitter message hinting at "very big" news.

Soon after, the White House issued a statement that major news would be announced there at 9 a.m. Sunday.

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Newsweek reported late Saturday that Baghdadi was killed during a special operations mission that President Trump approved about a week ago.

In September, an audio recording purportedly by Baghdadi included a call for members of the extremist group to use any means necessary to free Muslims who were being detained "by Crusaders and their Shiite followers."

The U.S. had reportedly posted a bounty of $25 million for information leading to the capture of Baghdadi.

Earlier this year, Iraqi intelligence officials speaking to Fox News maintained he was lurking in Syrian border towns, often donning non-traditional or “regular” clothes, using a civilian car and making sure all those around him had no mobile phones or electronic devices in order to bypass detection.

Some experts had predicted that as time passed and ISIS losses in the Middle East started to mount, it was inevitable that Baghdadi would either be captured or killed.

“Baghdadi is probably moving around a lot to avoid detection," Jeffrey Simon, a terrorism expert and founder of the national security consultancy firm Political Risk Assessment Inc., said earlier this year. "But it will just be a matter of time before he is found.

"I believe that he is still alive," Simon added at the time. "News of his death would have been hard to keep secret for very long.”

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Dr. John posted:
Bulldog63 posted:

7How the Liberal press sees this action..law

Not sure if you or anyone else thinks this meme is real, but here's the actual WP story: https://www.washingtonpost.com...cc2e7bfbf_story.html

Nice try "John" but that was their first headline. She is correct that it never should have read that way, but it did, and after it caused so much outrage they changed it.

“Regarding our al-Baghdadi obituary, the headline should never have read that way and we changed it quickly," Washington Post Vice President of Communications Kristine Coratti Kelly told Fox News earlier.

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#WaPoDeathNotices assails Washington Post for al-Baghdadi headline that called him ‘austere religious scholar’

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In a headline that has since been changed, The Washington Post described ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an "austere religious scholar."

Reporting on the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after a U.S. military raid in Syria, The Washington Post first called him a “terrorist-in-chief" in a headline. Later, that headline was edited to say he was an “austere religious scholar.” In a second change, an “extremist leader of Islamic State."

The full obituary headline the second time around was “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48.”

“Regarding our al-Baghdadi obituary, the headline should never have read that way and we changed it quickly,” tweeted Kristine Coratti Kelly, vice president of communications for The Washington Post.

But Twitter seized on the “austere religious scholar” description this weekend to fill the hashtag #WaPoDeathNotices with similarly rose-colored headlines for other famous figures who have died.

Go read these...they are hilarious.

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/1...ligious-scholar.html

giftedamateur posted:
Dr. John posted:
Bulldog63 posted:

7How the Liberal press sees this action..law

Not sure if you or anyone else thinks this meme is real, but here's the actual WP story: https://www.washingtonpost.com...cc2e7bfbf_story.html

Nice try "John" but that was their first headline. She is correct that it never should have read that way, but it did, and after it caused so much outrage they changed it.

“Regarding our al-Baghdadi obituary, the headline should never have read that way and we changed it quickly," Washington Post Vice President of Communications Kristine Coratti Kelly told Fox News earlier.

When will Nancy accuse Trump of a war crime over the killing?

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/1...ligious-scholar.html

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Spin this "Dr"

 

Some commentators also noted that The Washington Post also had applied a different standard on Sunday than it did when bin Laden was killed. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48," read a head-turning, since-changed headline in the Post.

The sympathetic obituary described the terror leader as “a shy, nearsighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque” and noted that "despite the group’s extremist views and vicious tactics, Mr. Baghdadi maintained a canny pragmatism as leader."

But in 2011, the Post's headline announcing bin Laden's death flatly called him the leader of a "terrorist group."

Jutu posted:

Spin this "Dr"

 

Some commentators also noted that The Washington Post also had applied a different standard on Sunday than it did when bin Laden was killed. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48," read a head-turning, since-changed headline in the Post.

The sympathetic obituary described the terror leader as “a shy, nearsighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque” and noted that "despite the group’s extremist views and vicious tactics, Mr. Baghdadi maintained a canny pragmatism as leader."

But in 2011, the Post's headline announcing bin Laden's death flatly called him the leader of a "terrorist group

You mean t he WP put “The sympathetic obituary described the terror leader as “a shy, nearsighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque” and noted that "despite the group’s extremist views and vicious tactics, Mr. Baghdadi maintained a canny pragmatism as leader." but

somehow left out the facts that the man ordered beheadings rivaled only by Co. Sanders only with KFC it was chicken heads and not Christians.  Also not one word about how he had people put in locked iron cages then either drowned or set on fire to burn to death.  

The level of hatred toward Trump is unprecedented to the point there is no news any longer but only biased propaganda.  The Democrats all up in arms over not being warned ahead of time.  I don’t blame blame Trump as their hatred of anything Trump could have easily put national security or military missions behind their Trump hatred and fear he may have something make him look good.

Naio posted:

and a lot of liberal journalist called out the headline.  If any of you would actually take a look at the #WaPoDeathNotices you would see that the same journalist were partly responsible for getting it trending.  

And that means what? The point is it WAS there. You libs have a nasty little habit of saying and printing any kind of absurdity and/or lie...then "taking it back" so to speak...knowing that once you put it out there most won't see the retraction or...deletion...or my favorite...the liberal "apology".

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Jutu posted:
Naio posted:

and a lot of liberal journalist called out the headline.  If any of you would actually take a look at the #WaPoDeathNotices you would see that the same journalist were partly responsible for getting it trending.  

And that means what? The point is it WAS there. You libs have a nasty little habit of saying and printing any kind of absurdity and/or lie...then "taking it back" so to speak...knowing that once you put it out there most won't see the retraction or...deletion...or my favorite...the liberal "apology".

It means the media isn't a monolith.  Everyone in the media isn't responsible for everything the media does.  If people in the media call out something that isn't right, that's a good thing. It's called accountability. 

Naio posted:
Jutu posted:
Naio posted:

and a lot of liberal journalist called out the headline.  If any of you would actually take a look at the #WaPoDeathNotices you would see that the same journalist were partly responsible for getting it trending.  

And that means what? The point is it WAS there. You libs have a nasty little habit of saying and printing any kind of absurdity and/or lie...then "taking it back" so to speak...knowing that once you put it out there most won't see the retraction or...deletion...or my favorite...the liberal "apology".

It means the media isn't a monolith.  Everyone in the media isn't responsible for everything the media does.  If people in the media call out something that isn't right, that's a good thing. It's called accountability. 

You really think anyone believes it was put out erroneously? Again...libs have a nasty little habit of saying and printing any kind of absurdity and/or lie...then "taking it back" so to speak...knowing that once it's out there most libs won't see the retraction or...deletion...or my favorite...the liberal "apology"...and the ones that do don't let it stop them from spreading the lie.

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Have you never heard of clickbait? Right wing sites do this too....and it works because some people care more about headlines than the subtance of articles.

They posted a headline(clickbait).  People called them out for it.  They changed it. Is that not a good thing? 

People want to scream about fake news, but when journalist who take pride in their work speak up, the same people don't appreciate it.

Naio posted:

Are you backtracking now? The headline, not the story, derailed this topic. Twitter users are a diverse group of people. Everyday liberals and journalists were a part of that hashtag too.  You're smarter than this...but fair enough.

Backtracking? Nothing I have posted suggests any backtracking on my part...now you're a different story. I think you're trying to leave the discussion gracefully because you know you can't excuse WaPo or win this one. I don't read you that much...but I'd bet that's a trick of yours when you can't win with your fallacious argument

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Jutu posted:
Naio posted:

Are you backtracking now? The headline, not the story, derailed this topic. Twitter users are a diverse group of people. Everyday liberals and journalists were a part of that hashtag too.  You're smarter than this...but fair enough.

Backtracking? Nothing I have posted suggests any backtracking on my part...now you're a different story. I think you're trying to leave the discussion gracefully because you know you can't excuse WaPo or win this one. I don't read you that much...but I'd bet that's a trick of yours when you can't win with your fallacious argument

I didn't see any backtracking.

giftedamateur posted:
Jutu posted:
Naio posted:

Are you backtracking now? The headline, not the story, derailed this topic. Twitter users are a diverse group of people. Everyday liberals and journalists were a part of that hashtag too.  You're smarter than this...but fair enough.

Backtracking? Nothing I have posted suggests any backtracking on my part...now you're a different story. I think you're trying to leave the discussion gracefully because you know you can't excuse WaPo or win this one. I don't read you that much...but I'd bet that's a trick of yours when you can't win with your fallacious argument

I didn't see any backtracking.

Because there isn't any.

The Washington Post treated former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi more like "Mary Poppins," than like the murdering, terrorist thug that he is, said Dan Bongino on "Fox & Friends" Monday.

Al-Baghdadi, who took over as the head of ISIS after his predecessor Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was killed in 2010, detonated a suicide vest as U.S. special forces closed in on Sunday. The Washington Post ran a headline labeling al-Baghdadi a "religious scholar" and drew heavy criticism on social media.

"I read the piece... the headline's bad. The piece is even worse," said Bongino, a Fox News contributor and former Secret Service agent. "They talk about a religious scholar with wire-framed glasses who was a shy, reserved guy. Like they're talking about Mary Poppins. This was a terrorist, rapist thug."

"This guy was a terrorist thug who would cut the head off an innocent man at the drop of a hat," he said. "Really, to the Washington Post -- do you hate this president so much that you're willing to throw everything away, your integrity, your morals, everything? I mean, that's a serious question. I'm not kidding."

"They've been wrong on just about every big story of the Trump era," Bongino added. "But are you kidding? We just killed one of the world's most dangerous people who would at a moment's notice kill... tens of thousands of Americans, and you write about his wire-framed glasses and his beard? I mean, come on, guys. Get your heads out of your a--es, this is unbelievable."

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also criticized the headline Monday on "Fox & Friends," calling it "sick" and "appalling."

"I think it's appalling and sick ... that they've frankly not apologized for taking this man who was the head of the terrorist organization that beheaded people... who led a caliphate that threatened large pieces of the Middle East and indeed, presented risks to the United States and America," he said.

The (four-legged) HERO is back at work while the real (two-legged) dog died in the explosion.  Commenting back to a previous post that stated that the media isn't a monolith, that may be correct in that everyone connected with the media outlets isn't responsible for the total content of the whole but you can bet that EVERY employee of the Washington Post from Janitor to top editor makes sure whatever they do or say would meet Jeff Bezos approval and be to his liking.  You can also be assured that all of those in responsible positions of these highly liberal media outlets are extreme liberals or tow the liberal line always.  There is NO objectivity at any of these publications and impartiality is dead.

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