Islamic State Mole Crucial To Success Of Baghdadi Raid

discobot · October 30, 2019, 1:13pm

A disaffected member of the Islamic State-turned-informant was critical to Saturday’s successful raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1258951

riverstreet · October 30, 2019, 1:20pm

I hope this brave man got some solid money upfront.

I sold Trump $100,000 worth of pianos. Then he stiffed me.

By J. Michael Diehl - J. Michael Diehl is the retired owner of Freehold Music Center in Freehold, N.J.

September 28, 2016 at 1:03 p.m. EDT - Washington Post

At Monday night’s debate, Donald Trump was called out for stiffing the people who work for him. Trump has been accused of failing to pay hundreds of contractors. And so far, he hasn’t seemed very sorry. When asked about failing to pay someone by Hillary Clinton this week, Trump replied, “Maybe he didn’t do a good job and I was unsatisfied with his work.”

I take that attack personally. I’m one of the many small business owners who’ve been used by Trump, exploited and forced to suffer a loss because of his corporation’s shady practices.

imkmu3 · October 30, 2019, 1:20pm

And the Republicans will want out him.

occamscoin · October 30, 2019, 1:23pm

The underpants gnome!

(really, they allegedly confirmed baghdadi’s identify via dna from stolen underwear. Now if the gnome wants to profit he’d better have gotten his $25 mil bounty up front)

rocklaverve · October 30, 2019, 1:31pm

The informant and his family have been removed from the region

And Oangefuhrer will release video of the happy family moving into their new digs in 5… 4… 3…

nycabj · October 30, 2019, 1:38pm

And the reason for releasing this piece of operational information is, ummmm, I can’t think of a single reason. This person is now a major target. There aren’t that many new Muslim families being settled in the states so it would be all that difficult for someone determined to track him and his family down to find him.

zillacop · October 30, 2019, 1:50pm

This sounds rather atrocious to me. This mole is to get $25 mil for ratting out someone that then blew himself up killing his kids with him. Really, so this is the way we do things now?

uneducated · October 30, 2019, 1:54pm

When Trump hears of the $25 million he will try to get his cut for planing the operation.
Trump will also charge the mole since Trump’s Army saved him from a sure death.
The mole knew what he was getting into so he deserves nothing.

bankerpup · October 30, 2019, 2:04pm

There are files that hint there was a mole that was key in the bin Laden raid as well.

The media reported that about three weeks after the raid.

birdford · October 30, 2019, 2:04pm

So this guy worked closely with Baghdadi and then turned on him for money. How very Trumpian of him.

yellowbeard · October 30, 2019, 2:09pm

As others have commented here, look for tRump to find out a way to stiff the mole. It would not surprise me to hear that the mole was “no angel” from the pResident Liar’s mouth.

occamscoin · October 30, 2019, 2:13pm

Not stiff the mole (it isn’t Trump’s money), but squeeze the mole. “Hey mole, there’s been a holdup. Got any dirt on Biden?”

lastroth · October 30, 2019, 2:19pm

War is Hell.

yellowbeard · October 30, 2019, 2:26pm

Heh, indeedy.

Since tRump internalizes everything (“I killed Baghdadi”), it would come as no surprise to hear some justification why he deserves a cut of the bounty.

demyankee · October 30, 2019, 2:27pm

I

"The informant and his family have been removed from the region, "

No indication of resettlement in the US. We have a ban on Muslim immigrants after all, doncha know.

srfromgr · October 30, 2019, 2:28pm

A more accurate depiction.

paulw · October 30, 2019, 2:43pm

I wonder what kind of disaffected. Ambitious but not successful, or devout freedom fighter realizing he had fallen in with a bunch of sadistic murderers and rapists in an organization you don’t just leave.

austin_dave · October 30, 2019, 2:49pm

A “disaffected ISIS leader” is a curious being.

Imagine how crestfallen he was when…it all went to shit? When it turns out they really were going to plunder, rape, torture and murder on a massive scale? Glad for his help, but would be a fascinating interview, I’m sure.

“I thought it was just a club…”

cub_calloway · October 30, 2019, 2:57pm

We are fortunate in that suicide vests are rare indeed on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. Otherwise we would know that the blast typically blows the wearer’s head straight up off the shoulders and it usually can be found nearby, smudged, bloody and somewhat flaccid, depending on how many things it bounced off before coming to rest. This gruesome detail courtesy of an Israeli policeman familiar with the phenomenon.

jeffrey · October 30, 2019, 3:12pm

According to an NPR piece last night, killing Baghdadi was largely symbolic as he was really more a figurehead for ISIS. Like bin Laden at the time he was killed, Baghdadi wasn’t even the nominal leader of ISIS.