US President Trump said the US military successfully hunting the Islamic State (IS) head of Baghdad, a great victory of the country.However, US intelligence, military and counter -terrorism officials said on the 27th that when Trump ordered the U.S. military to evacuate northern Syria this month, he already knew that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and special forces were locked in the local area of Bagdadi to prepare.action.Trump insisted on withdrawn from Syria to make the operation of hunting Baghdadi more complicated and dangerous.
In recent months, intelligence officials have been listed as a priority global terrorist hunting task to return to Trump.However, Trump suddenly ordered the withdrawal three weeks ago to disrupt the careful planning, forcing US Department of Defense officials to accelerate a high -risk night attack plan, so as to prevent the US military from evacuating, they can no longer control the local troops, spies and scouts.
It is unclear that when Trump and Turkish President Eundian phone suddenly made a decision to withdraw troops on the sixth day, whether he felt that the intelligence of Baghdadi hid was very important.Intelligence officials said that this puts more pressure on the ground assault players and must launch this complicated raid as soon as possible.
Therefore, Trump is likely to be actively hunting Baghdadi after his withdrawal policy has been criticized to solve his Middle East policy.
Baghdadi hid the place where the northwestern Syria was close to the Turkish border. The local area was the control of the relevant forces of the Caidda terrorist organization, and the airspace was controlled by the Russian and the Syrian government forces.The United States must be sent by Iraq after the United States withdraws from Syria. The road is further risky and higher, so it is temporarily canceled before the attack was launched twice.
U.S. Defense Minister Esper said on the 27th that Trump did not make up his mind until the 25th that he agreed to perform the task the next day.
In addition, U.S. officials said that even if Trump ordered the withdrawal of his troops to abandon the friendly Kurds who fought on the side of Syria to fight against the IS, it caused him to be attacked by Turkey.An official said the raids provided by Syria and the Iraqi Kurds far exceeded other camps.
New Year pointed out that Baghdadi was killed, highlighting the value of the three major traditional strengths in the United States: a firm alliance relationship, trust intelligence agencies, and military power that could project global, but Trump destroyed the first two items from time to time.Trump has been looking at the intelligence circle with suspicion, and people who always feel that the intelligence circle has conspiracy.He also held doubts about alliance relations, like he abandoned the Kurds this time.
Has, Chairman of the US Think Tank Foreign Relations Association: The most ironic is that if there are no U.S. ground forces that have been withdrawn and the Syrian Kurds who have been betrayed by the United States, and the strong support of the American intelligence circle that is often degraded, it will not be possible to succeedHunter Baghdadi.
