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Mark Esper: The aim was to capture Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and if we couldn't capture him, then, of course, we were going to kill him.

On the recordOctober 27, 2019
The aim was to capture Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and if we couldn't capture him, then, of course, we were going to kill him.
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Mark Esper

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Mark Esper, the Defense Secretary, stated the objective of the operation against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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