The dog was injured by live electrical cables inside the tunnel after Baghdadi blew himself up, Pentagon officials said. He is a four-year veteran of the Special Operations Command and has participated in nearly 50 combat missions. More details also emerged about the Belgian Malinois dog injured in the raid. McKenzie said the Defense Intelligence Agency was able to confirm identification of Baghdadi 'beyond a shadow of a doubt.' Using DNA samples retrieved from the tunnel and comparing them with samples taken when the ISIS leader was detained at Iraq's Camp Bucca prison in 2004 'produced a level of certainty that the remains belong to Baghdadi 1 in 104 septillion,' said McKenzie.īaghdadi's remains were buried at sea within 24 hours of his death, according to officials. 'I'm not able to confirm anything else about his last seconds,' McKenzie said, adding, 'I just can't confirm that one way or another.' McKenzie said he could not corroborate President Trump's description of Baghdadi 'whimpering and crying' as he fled in the tunnel. Egyptian goddess, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. 'We believe that Baghdadi may have actually fired from his hole in his last moments,' McKenzie said. The name Isis is primarily a female name of Egyptian origin that means Throne. forces before detonating his suicide vest. McKenzie also said Baghdadi may have shot at oncoming U.S. In all, he said, six ISIS fighters died inside the compound, four women and two men, including Baghdadi. forces retrieved documents and electronics from the compound, which he described as 'substantial.'Īfter departing, the military destroyed the compound in a precision strike to 'ensure that it would not be a shrine or otherwise memorable in any way' McKenzie said, adding, 'It looks pretty much like a parking lot with large potholes right now.' Those who did included 11 children, McKenzie said. forces surrounded Baghdadi's compound, urging those inside to exit. This official version of events might well be true. forces,' were eliminated by two airstrikes from supporting U.S. Western mainstream media have reported that a supposed ISIS defector and a former member of the Free Syrian Army has delivered a treasure trove of 20 thousand ISIS member names to Western intelligence services and a number of media agencies. ISIS fighters, who McKenzie said 'demonstrated hostile intent against U.S.

The U.S.-only assault force was transported for about an hour by helicopter from a staging base in Syria to Idlib province, he said, roughly 4 miles from the border with Turkey.

We suspect they will try some form of retribution attack, and we are postured and prepared for that,' McKenzie said. He added that ISIS may be 'a little disjointed' for a period.

'We're under no illusions that going to go away just because we killed Baghdadi,' McKenzie told reporters at a Wednesday briefing.

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