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"…at the compound, fighters from two locations in the vicinity of the compound began firing on U.S. aircraft participating in the assault."
– Gen Frank McKenzie CDR USCENTCOM pic.twitter.com/SkrtHNDs7w

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 30, 2019

"Here we see the object of the assault-the compound where Baghdadi was hiding. As I noted earlier, this isolated compound was in Idlib province in Northwest Syria" – Gen Frank McKenzie CDR USCENTCOM pic.twitter.com/VwxRJMN0rS

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 30, 2019

"As it became clear that we had gained fleeting and actionable intelligence on his hideout, we developed an execution level plan designed to capture or kill him and started preparing a special operations team for the mission."

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 30, 2019

"I can assure you that the plan was significantly more complex than that, and designed to avoid detection by ISIS and others prior to and during execution, to avoid civilian casualties…"

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 30, 2019

"I want to make it clear that despite the high-pressure and high-profile nature of this assault that every effort was made to avoid civilian casualties and to protect children we suspected would be in the compound."

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 30, 2019

"After Baghdadi's murder-suicide, our assault force cleared significant debris from the tunnel and secured Baghdadi's remains for DNA identity confirmation…"
– Gen Frank McKenzie CDR USCENTCOM pic.twitter.com/fNLtXcOMG4

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 30, 2019

"This was a true inter-agency effort so I commend our partners across the U.S. government."

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) October 30, 2019