They got Baghdadi

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Trump lief.

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Already in crosshairs

Official: U.S. looking at new Islamic State leader



WASHINGTON — The United States is researching the new leader of Islamic State to determine his previous roles in the organization, Nathan Sales, the U.S. counter-terrorism co-ordinator, said Frid ay after a U.S. raid last month killed its former leader, Abu Bakr al-baghdadi.



"Any time there is a leadership transition in the terrorist organization, we want to make sure that we have the latest information that we need to have to confront the threat," Sales told a briefing.



Islamic State, in an audio tape posted online Thursday, confirmed that Baghdadi was killed in a weekend raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria.



It vowed revenge against the U.S.



The group, also known as ISIS (Islamic State in Syria), said a successor to Baghdadi identified as Abu Ibrahim al-hashemi al-quraishi had been appointed.



Earlier Friday, President U.S. Donald Trump tweeted: "ISIS has a new leader. We know exactly who he is!" he said, without elaborating.



Baghdadi had risen from obscurity to lead the ultra-hardline group and declare himself "caliph" of all Muslims, holding sway over huge areas of Iraq and Syria from 2014 to '17 before Islamic State's control was wrested away by U.s.-led coalition forces, including Iraqis and Syrian Kurds.



Trump has been softening his pullout plans for Syria after a backlash from Congress, including fellow Republicans, who say he enabled a long-threatened Turkish incursion on Oct. 9 against Kurdish forces in Syria who had been America's top allies in the battle against Islamic State since 2014.



Sales said combating Islamic State remained a top national security priority for Washington.



"We will dismantle the group regardless of who its leadership cadre is," he said.

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