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Pentagon releases video of al-Baghdadi raid

US Pentagon has released footage of the US raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The operation was planned in the assumption that multiple children were present in the compound where he was hiding, according to a US military official.
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