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Published 18:50 IST, October 29th 2019

'Declassified' pets flood Twitter after Trump's Baghdadi op dog's pic

After US President Donald Trump tweeted a photo of a dog who played crucial a role in ISIS raid, netizens respond with ‘declassified’ photos of their pets

Reported by: Bhavya Sukheja
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A day after announcing the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, United States President Donald Trump shared the picture of the US force dog that played a crucial role in the operation. He tweeted that the Belgian Malinois did a great job in "capturing and killing" the ISIS leader. The photo in which the Belgian Malinois is seen wearing a bulletproof vest has gone viral, with netizens mimicking Trump to share pictures of their pets under the hashtag #DeclassifiedDogs began to trend on Twitter. 

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Baghdadi was chased down by force dogs

Making the "big" announcement on Sunday evening, Trump confirmed that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. Addressing a press conference, Trump had said that US forces carried out an operation in the Idlib province of north-west Syria to kill ISIS chief Baghdadi. He also added that US force dogs played an important role in chasing Baghdadi who died 'like a coward' while "whimpering and crying".

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The operation to kill Baghdadi

Detailing about the operation, Trump said that al-Baghdadi was in a room with 11 children. He said that the operation began at 5'o clock and lift-off started 'moments after that'. He then added that the world's most dangerous terrorist died "like a coward". He said that Baghdadi died at the end of the tunnel as the US forces attack dogs chased him. According to the US president, Baghdadi immolated himself with 3 children after which his cave was bombed. 

"Last night, the United States brought the world’s number 1 terrorist leader to justice Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. He died in his compound in a tunnel whimpering crying and screaming. Last night was a great night for the United States and for the world. We will continue to pursue ISIS terrorists to their brutal end. ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi was a depraved and sick man. Now he's gone. He died a coward, running and crying. We had him (Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi) under surveillance for a couple of weeks. The operation against Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi involved eight helicopters and a large group of fighters," Trump had said.

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14:49 IST, October 29th 2019