A trusted member of Baghdadi's inner circle turned against him and led US commandos to the Islamic State leader's hideout

 

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• A member of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's inner circle was key to helping US commandos execute the raid on Baghdadi's compound on Saturday, The Washington Post reports. 
• The informant was a disillusioned Islamic State member who helped oversee construction of Baghdadi's hideout in Idlib, Syria, where he died by detonating a suicide vest in an underground tunnel. He was present during the raid, but he and his family have since been removed from the area.
• The informant's nationality is unknown, but he has been assisting the US and partner forces for months, retrieving a pair of the Islamic State leader's used underwear three months ago to confirm Baghdadi's presence in the compound in Idlib, Syria, where he died. 
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A trusted member of so-called Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi turned against the terrorist, playing a key role in the mission to capture or kill him in a Saturday night raid, according to a new report from Joby Warrick, Ellen Nakashima, and Dan Lamothe of The Washington Post.

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