As always, victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
Mazloum Kobani Abdi, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), claimed in an interview with Fox News that the SDF had provided the United States with an intelligence on the location of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ahead of the US raid to eliminate him.
The SDF allgedly got the precise location of Baghdadi and details of the compound in the village of Barisha where he was staying from a source inside ISIS.
The decision to eliminate Baghdadi was first made “a month ago,” said Can, “but the US withdrawal and the Turkish invasion made us halt the operations.”
Kurdish SDF commander General @MazloumAbdi tells @FoxNews his intelligence gave the US #Baghdadi’s location on May 15th. SDF say to expect more ISIS leaders killed/ captured in coming days. But also more ISIS attacks. ?@SanthouseTim pic.twitter.com/xWXR4RLKYk
— Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) October 28, 2019
General Mazloum tells me the the SDF had a source inside ISIS who was at the compound during the attack. He was brought back safely by the Americans. It was he who passed on the location, details of tunnels, and people there. A source at the heart of ISIS is unheard of @foxnews pic.twitter.com/5lV7AC0oWm
— Benjamin Hall (@BenjaminHallFNC) October 28, 2019
Additionally, Polat Can, a senior advisor to the SDF, the decision to eliminate Baghdadi was first made “a month ago,” but “the US withdrawal and the Turkish invasion made us halt the operations.”
From comments by SDF sources, it appears that the SDF was the key force behind the US operation against the ISIS leader.
Earlier, Iraqi media claimed that it was the Iraqi intelligence that provided Washington with data needed to track and kill al-Baghdadi.
Soon, it may appear that the key role was played by France, the UK or even by Ukraine that provided President Donald Trump personally with the most preceise data about the location of the ISIS leader ahead of the raid. Meanwhile, the international audience is still waiting when Washington will release photos or videos that confirm the death of al-Baghdadi.
