"...in 2019, the Pentagon named the operation to arrest or kill al-Baghdadi Operation Kayla Mueller."

In Strategy Page, Austin Bay writes in part,

...But in 2019, the Pentagon named the operation to arrest or kill al-Baghdadi Operation Kayla Mueller.

Due to Beltway brawling, that name has received little notice. However, it puts a woman who'd been raped, a dead lady's face, on the Delta Force assault and signals that the U.S. military attack on al-Baghdadi and his henchmen sought personal justice for the slaughter of an innocent human being who came to Syria to aid refugees.

This is information warfare kudos to the Pentagon and Trump administration, for at some psycho core, zealot killer creeps like al-Baghdadi think they are untouchable. Like Osama bin Laden, al-Baghdadi thought he had divine sanction. There's a good chance he told followers that his personal survival indicated that ISIS' loss of territorial caliphate was a temporary setback.

...ISIS continues to cast itself as a global social media power, using Facebook and Twitter to reach millions of young Muslims worldwide.

...After Delta Force nailed al-Baghdadi, President Trump used Twitter and television to attack al-Baghdadi's arrogance, swagger and narrative of invincibility. Trump said: "He died after running into a dead-end tunnel. ... The thug who tried so hard to intimidate others spent his last moments in utter fear, in total panic and dread." The ghoul detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and three of his children.

Trump targeted potential recruits the fanatic might inspire: "(I)t's something that should be brought out so that his followers and all of these young kids that want to leave various countries ... see how he died. ... He didn't die a hero. He died a coward -- crying, whimpering, screaming."

Overblown language, a "yuge" exaggeration? Perhaps, but useful, strategic information warfare. Trump's global damning damages al-Baghdadi as a terrorist icon.

In comparison, The Washington Post's coddling in its now-changed headline "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48" was a depraved distortion of reality that undermines anti-terror efforts.

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