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C.I.A. got a tip on Baghdadi’s location this past summer from the arrest of a wife and a courier.

Trump’s abrupt decision to pull forces from Syria disrupted the meticulous planning and forced the Pentagon to press ahead with a risky, night raid.
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Baghdadi's death occurred in spite of Trump’s actions, not because of them, according to military and intelligence officials, who praised the Kurds for continuing to provide information on #alBaghdadi to the CIA even after Trump betrayed them.
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Military, intelligence, and counterterroism officials praised the Kurds for continuing to provide intel on Baghdadi to the CIA even after Trump betrayed them and said Syrian and Iraqi Kurds provided more intelligence for the raid than any single country.
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