President Trump confirms death of IS leader Baghdadi in successful operation — Transcript

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1. 0:00last night the united states brought the
2. 0:03world's number one
3. 0:04terrorist leader to justice
4. 0:07abu bakar al-baghdadi
5. 0:11is dead he was the founder and leader of
6. 0:14isis
7. 0:15the most ruthless and violent terror
8. 0:17organization anywhere in the world
9. 0:20the united states has been searching
10. 0:24for baghdadi for many years
11. 0:27capturing or killing baghdadi has been
12. 0:30the top
13. 0:30national security priority of my
14. 0:33administration
15. 0:35u.s special operations forces executed
16. 0:38a dangerous and daring nighttime raid
17. 0:42in northwestern syria and accomplished
18. 0:46their mission in grand style
19. 0:49the u.s personnel were incredible
20. 0:54i got to watch much of it
21. 0:57no personnel were lost
22. 1:01in the operation while a large number of
23. 1:05baghdadis fighters and companions
24. 1:08were killed with him he died after
25. 1:11running into a dead-end tunnel
26. 1:13whimpering and crying and screaming all
27. 1:15the way
28. 1:17the compound had been cleared by this
29. 1:19time
30. 1:21with people either surrendering or being
31. 1:24shot
32. 1:24and killed 11 young children were
33. 1:27moved out of the house and are uninjured
34. 1:32the only ones remaining
35. 1:35were baghdadi in the tunnel
36. 1:38and he had dragged three of his young
37. 1:42children with him
38. 1:45they were led to certain death he
39. 1:48reached the end of the tunnel
40. 1:50as our dogs chased him down
41. 1:55he ignited his vest killing himself
42. 1:59and the three children his body
43. 2:02was mutilated by the blast the tunnel
44. 2:05had caved in on it in addition
45. 2:08but test results gave certain
46. 2:12immediate and totally positive
47. 2:15identification it was him
48. 2:18the thug who tried so hard to intimidate
49. 2:22others spent his last
50. 2:25moments in utter fear in total panic and
51. 2:29dread
52. 2:30terrified of the american forces bearing
53. 2:33down on him we were in the compound for
54. 2:37approximately two hours
55. 2:39and after the mission was accomplished
56. 2:41we took highly sensitive material and
57. 2:44information
58. 2:46from the raid much having to do with
59. 2:48isis
60. 2:49origins future plans
61. 2:53things that we very much want
62. 2:57baghdadi's demise demonstrates america's
63. 3:01relentless pursuit of terrorist leaders
64. 3:05and our commitment to the enduring
65. 3:08and total defeat of isis and other
66. 3:11terrorist organizations
67. 3:15our reach is very long as you know last
68. 3:18month we announced that we
69. 3:20recently killed hamza bin laden
70. 3:24the very violent son of osama bin laden
71. 3:27who was saying very bad things about
72. 3:30people
73. 3:30about our country about the world
74. 3:34he was the heir apparent to al qaeda
75. 3:39terrorists who oppress and murder
76. 3:42innocent people
77. 3:44should never sleep soundly
78. 3:47knowing that we will completely destroy
79. 3:49them
80. 3:51these savage monsters will not escape
81. 3:53their fate
82. 3:55and they will not escape the final
83. 3:57judgment of god
84. 4:00baghdadi has been on the run for many
85. 4:03years
86. 4:04long before i took office
87. 4:08but in my direction as
88. 4:10commander-in-chief of the united states
89. 4:14we obliterated his caliphate 100 percent
90. 4:18in march of this year today's events are
91. 4:21another reminder that we will continue
92. 4:23to pursue
93. 4:25the remaining isis terrorists
94. 4:29to their brutal end that also goes for
95. 4:33other terrorist organizations
96. 4:36they are likewise in our sights
97. 4:40baghdadi and the losers who worked for
98. 4:42him
99. 4:44and losers they are they had no idea
100. 4:47what they were getting into
101. 4:50in some cases they were very frightened
102. 4:54puppies
103. 4:55in other cases they were hardcore
104. 4:58killers
105. 5:00but they killed many many people
106. 5:04their murder of innocent americans james
107. 5:07foley
108. 5:09stephen shotloff peter kasich
109. 5:14and kayla mueller were especially
110. 5:17heinous the shocking publicized murder
111. 5:23of jordanian pilot
112. 5:26a wonderful young man spoke to the king
113. 5:29of jordan they all knew him they all
114. 5:31loved
115. 5:33he was burned alive in a cage for all to
116. 5:35see
117. 5:36on the execution of christians
118. 5:40in libya and egypt as well as the
119. 5:43genocidal mass murder of
120. 5:45yeshides rank isis among the most
121. 5:49depraved organizations
122. 5:52the history of our world
123. 5:57the forced religious conversions
124. 6:00the orange suits prior to
125. 6:03so many beheadings all of which were
126. 6:07openly displayed for the world to see
127. 6:12this was all that abu
128. 6:16bakr al-baghdadi
129. 6:19this is what he wanted this is what he
130. 6:22was proud of
131. 6:24he was a sick and depraved
132. 6:27man and now he's gone
133. 6:31baghdadi was vicious
134. 6:34and violent and he died in a vicious and
135. 6:38violent way as a coward running
136. 6:41and crying this raid was
137. 6:44impeccable and could only have taken
138. 6:47place with the
139. 6:49acknowledgement and help of certain
140. 6:51other nations and people
141. 6:54i want to thank the nations of russia
142. 6:57turkey
143. 6:58syria and iraq and i also want to thank
144. 7:02the syrian kurds for certain support
145. 7:04they were able to give us
146. 7:06this was a very very dangerous
147. 7:10mission thank you as well to the great
148. 7:13intelligence professionals
149. 7:15who helped make this very successful
150. 7:18journey
151. 7:19possible i want to thank the soldiers
152. 7:22and sailors
153. 7:23airmen and marines involved in last
154. 7:26night's
155. 7:27operation you are the very best there is
156. 7:31anywhere in the world no matter where
157. 7:32you go there is nobody
158. 7:35even close i want to thank
159. 7:38general mark milley and our joint chiefs
160. 7:41of staff
161. 7:42and i also want to thank our
162. 7:43professionals
163. 7:45who work in other agencies of the united
164. 7:47states government
165. 7:49and were critical to the mission's
166. 7:53unbelievable success
167. 7:57last night was a great night for the
168. 7:59united states
169. 8:01and for the world a brutal killer
170. 8:05one who has caused so much hardship and
171. 8:07death
172. 8:09has violently been eliminated
173. 8:12he will never again harm another
174. 8:15innocent man
175. 8:16woman or child he died like a dog
176. 8:21he died like a coward the world
177. 8:24is now a much safer place
178. 8:28god bless america thank you