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One of the more terrifying things about the eyes he helped create is not his object section with gruesome acts of murder but the harnessing of social media to create a global franchise in libya, afghanistan, paris, brussels, atrocities committed by people who were attracted to isiss brand to commit atrocities and even die for it. but in november 2014, rumors of an air strike hitting him. within a week, a recording of his speech. [speaking foreign language] . it became a pattern. no public appear...

Paper. they have been looking for him ever since. at this moment he declared isis caliphate from inside the great mosque of mosul, iraq. thats in 2014. cia intelligence eventually led to a location in northwest syria. a u.s. defense official says al baghdadi apparently killed himself with a suicide vest as u.s. commandos closed in. meantime, the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces say there was a successful operation thanks to joint intelligence with the united states. its not clear which opera...

They took a body blow with the death of osama bin laden. a death, frankly, is storied by hollywood movies now because of the complexity and the daring of that operation. that was a definetive point in the decline of al qaeda. it certainly be a pivotal moment. you see the caliphate to iraq. that had his own way to gain revenue. one told me they had seen physical things, exported to raqqah. it was a basis of operations to some degree. and using the syrian kurds who fight along to kick isis out of ...

Future underpinnings. the ideology lives on. well, al baghdadi did declare himself a caliphate. not even osama bin laden had the do that. >> they did have a caliphate in terms of territory. it is banished right now. the leading question is whether this will be a rallying point. his deaths and the militants that we talked about in sleeper cells in iraq. im glad youre there for us on the border.

Secretary of defense, mark esper, about the raid. lets start with the presidents announcement. what can you tell us about the raid? was this an operation conducted specifically to target bagdadi? >> sure. let me say first of all this is a great day for america, this is a great day for the world. the president made a very decisive action and our troops and interagency partners executed it brilliantly. as you know, we defeated the physical caliphate earlier this year and now the leader is dead. so...

Successors, have you been briefed on -- >> yeah, we know successors, we have them in our siteghts. we know our successors. hamza was a very big thing. osama bin laden became big with the world trade center. this was a man who built a whole, as he would like to call it, a country, a caliphate, and was trying to do it again. and, uh, i had not heard too much about his health. ive heard stories about he may not have been good health. he died in a ruthless, vicious manner, that i can tell you. [ ina...

Thirst. even al qaeda disowned it leading to the extremist group to split in february 2014 and much later to show the groups fighters breaking the borders of vienna iraq declaring caliphate. baghdadi claiming direct lineage from the prophet mohamed. this was baghdadis moment. the pinnacle of years of calculation and isis rose fast. then can the attack on an occupation of mosul? the atrocities against the people there and the beheadings of western hostages and procedure of khoubani and all of the...

Obsession of acts of murder. but its harnessing of social media, to create a global franchise amongst people, that it often never met. atrocities committed by people, to commit atrocities and even die for it. but in november 2014, rumors of an air strike hitting him, and within a week, a recording of his speech. it became a pattern. no public appearances, mixed with randomly released audio statements. officials believe he was injured in may of 2017, and had to take five months away. from that mo...

Baghdadi, behind on isis brutality so extreme, leading the groups to split in february 2014. and months later, the group showing its fighters, breaking the borders of syria and iraq, declaring the caliphate. with baghdadi at its helm, claiming lineage from mohammed. this was baghdadis moment, and isis rose fast. and then, can the attack and occupation off mosul. the besieging of kabani. horrors, by an obscene worship of violence. all this is visible and doubtless. one of more terrifying things a...

Land on the iraqi and syrian border. and an idea, infectious, hateful, capable of inspiring barbaric insanity. now, without its figurehead, a man willing to lead its followers to death, but only from the shadows. we dont know how that death fully occurred. a death in the shadows. thats where he chose to id still. and one, in which the hdetails - the resize location seemed likely idlib province. and how he came from running his own self-declared caliphate, under the franchise of isis, to hiding i...