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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/27/politics/bagdhadi-inside-the-raid-timeline/index.html
ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria
(CNN) Zachary Cohen - ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi "blew himself up" when cornered by U.S. forces who conducted a daring, nighttime raid on his compound in northern Syria, President Donald Trump announced Sunday in a televised address from the White House. There were no injuries to U.S. forces. Baghdadi's death marks the end of a years-long hunt to find the man who declared an Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria in 2014. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN, "This is not just their leader, it's their founder...so this is a major blow to them."