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Jun 18, 2016 · A photograph taken in Syria in 2013 shows Senator John McCain posing with a commander of a Syrian opposition group, not ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Sep 12, 2014 · So it has been vexing for Mr. McCain to be battling persistent — and false — Internet rumors that he not only helped invent the group but also knows its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the...
Dec 31, 2014 · Those who said al-Baghdadi was released by Obama in 2009 included Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain, some leading newspapers and a spate of conservative pundits. For some, it fit into what...
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Many feared that the years, funds and manpower invested in Iraq would be swept away by Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi’s men – and in many ways, they were not wrong. A supporter of Israel and two-state solution . McCain was a staunch Israel advocate and often called on Palestinians to recognise the Jewish state.
Jul 21, 2023 · In 2019, U.S. special operations forces raided the Syrian hideout of ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leading him to blow himself up. Then-President Donald Trump called the raid "...
Oct 27, 2019 · The US military finally caught up with the Islamic State leader in a remote hamlet of northwestern Syria, but not before he detonated a suicide vest strapped to his body as special forces...
Mar 29, 2024 · We had to go after ISIS. The A-10 is still the most capable weapon to do that," McCain told the Arizona Daily Star during a meeting Friday afternoon, citing the head of ISIS, Abu Bakr...