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RockRaven

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3. Also it's like the 6th time someone has claimed to kill him since 2016...

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 11:10 AM

Oct 2019

And when the source is now Trump... well, I think external verification is is order.

Then again, the ultimate truth of this claim is not meaningful in the big picture, IMO, despite how desperately Trumpists will cling to it.

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So al-Baghdadi died? Really? [View all] grumpyduck Oct 2019 OP

Then there's the whole thing about who is telling us the news... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #1

This guy must be a cat. He's been killed 5 times. onecaliberal Oct 2019 #2

Also it's like the 6th time someone has claimed to kill him since 2016... RockRaven Oct 2019 #3

The soldiers scooped up bags of his remains and body parts and did an onsite DNA test. braddy Oct 2019 #4

I didn't see that. Can you provide a link? grumpyduck Oct 2019 #5

How did they do that when Don the Con told us the tunnel collapsed on him malaise Oct 2019 #6

Both can happen, plus we probably got the head which often survives suicide blasts. braddy Oct 2019 #16

Even a General has disputed this rubbish n/t malaise Oct 2019 #17

What rubbish, DNA? braddy Oct 2019 #18

What DNA test? Louis1895 Oct 2019 #8

Should have done my own research before posting. Louis1895 Oct 2019 #10

Where'd you read that? cwydro Oct 2019 #13

See link braddy Oct 2019 #15

My response to him being killed is who? wcast Oct 2019 #7

Most Americans will think the guy is greymattermom Oct 2019 #9

Didn't they do Bin Laden's DNA test aboard a ship? lynintenn Oct 2019 #11

If they have DNA tests that can be done that fast blueinredohio Oct 2019 #12

I'm sure those rapid test devices are expensive LeftInTX Oct 2019 #14