objective in the campaign. there were other references to russia, turkey and iraq that were also thanked presumably for allowing air space they control for the u.s. forces to hit that particular target. but it was a lengthy and sometimes overrevealing statement from president trump where he indicated he had been in awe of watching all of this around him. he said it was like watching a movie to some degree, and i think in certain terminology, it was detailed, almost crude, as to how abu bakr al-baghdadi ran away screaming. some of the intelligence talked about being gathered in this raid may have already been put to use, unconfirmed here, suggesting that maybe one baghdadi s key henchmen would