there is a huge protest movement against the central government, and particularly against iranian-backed militia groups in iraq. isis has the most potential to reorganize and to resurge in a place like iraq rather than syria especially now the americans have decided to come back into syria. it's very strange. you know, i don't doubt that the reporting has been credible. i don't doubt that, in fact, baghdadi was, indeed, targeted there based on credible intelligence. but frankly, as somebody who has written a book on isis and somebody who has written a profile on baghdadi, the thing i want to know the most right now is why the hell did he think he could be safe in idlib. this is the last place, if i were him, that i'd want to go. >> as you mentioned earlier this month, trump announced he would pull back troops in the face of a turkish invasion on northern syria. how do you think baghdadi's possible death will affect the