Man Wounded in US Raid On ISIS Head Says His Future Was Destroyed
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🗓️ 25 July 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Guillermo calling from a ferry somewhere between Finland and Estonia. |
| 0:04.5 | Traveling with me are my husband and our little dog babe, who is about to be visiting |
| 0:09.0 | his 14th country. |
| 0:11.2 | This podcast was recorded at 1.13 pm Eastern time on Tuesday, July 25th of 2023. |
| 0:18.8 | Thanks, babe, chain, for the time you hear this. |
| 0:20.8 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:22.5 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. |
| 0:27.8 | I must mahala that I cover the White House. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Tom Bowman, I cover the Pentagon. |
| 0:31.9 | And today on the show, we are joined by NPR International correspondent Daniel Estren. |
| 0:35.8 | It is great to have you with us, Daniel. |
| 0:37.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:38.8 | So you have done some really compelling reporting that Pokes holes in the US government's |
| 0:43.4 | claims about a big celebrated military operation. |
| 0:47.2 | In 2019, US Special Forces raided the Syrian hideout of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man |
| 0:52.8 | often described as a founder of ISIS. |
| 0:55.2 | The president at the time, Donald Trump, called the operation impeccable. |
| 0:59.0 | A military officials said troops protected non-combatants. |
| 1:02.7 | But Daniel, you obtained confidential documents that reveal flaws in the Pentagon's claim |
| 1:07.9 | that deadly airstrikes did not hit civilians. |
| 1:11.6 | And I should say this comes as the Biden administration also has begun to articulate a new plan |
| 1:15.7 | to reduce civilian casualties. |
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