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Pentagon Releases Video, Photos Of Baghdadi Raid

This still image from a video released by the US Department of Defense shows US forces (lower R) advancing on the compound of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria
The Pentagon released video and photos on Wednesday of the US special forces raid that resulted in the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.Among the images released by the Defense Department was grainy black-and-white footage of US troops approaching on foot the high-walled compound in northwestern Syria where Baghdadi was holed up.The Pentagon also released video of airstrikes on a group of unknown fighters on the ground who opened fire on the helicopters that ferried US forces in for the assault on Baghdadi's compound in Syria's Idlib province.
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