Trump says US forces cornered IS leader in dead-end tunnel

ZEKE MILLER, DEB RIECHMANN and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, was killed in a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Donald Trump said Sunday. He provided graphic details of al-Baghdadi's final moments as American forces pursued and cornered him and his children in a dead-end tunnel. "Last night, the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice," Trump announced at the White House. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead." In a national address, Trump described a nighttime airborne raid in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, with American special operations forces flying over heavily militarized t
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