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U.S. forces employ precision munitions to destroy the compound and its contents.

  • Defense.gov
  • Oct. 26, 2019 | 0:28

Following a raid on a compound in Syria occupied by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, U.S. special operations forces deploy precision munitions from a U.S. remotely piloted aircraft to destroy the compound and its contents, Oct. 26, 2019.