Today on The Sunday Story, NPR's Daniel Estrin talks about his four-year long investigation into the night that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, founder of ISIS, died. The Pentagon maintains troops did not harm noncombatants. But Estrin's investigation challenges that account. Now the Pentagon says it will review new information brought to light about the incident.
A photo taken on Oct. 27, 2019 shows the inside of the burned-out van that Barakat Ahmad Barakat and two other men were in when it was targeted by U.S. forces the night of the raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound.OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images
into the 2019 U.S. raid against ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Pentagon says its deadly airstrikes did not hit civilians. But Estrin's investigation challenges that account. Now the Pentagon says it will review new information brought to light about the incident. Barakat Ahmad Barakat, seen here on June 24, 2023, was wounded in U.S. airstrikes during the 2019 raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.Barakat Ahmad Barakat, seen here on June 24, 2023, was wounded in U.S. airstrikes during the 2019 raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.That night, U.S. airstrikes also fired on three men driving a van near Baghdadi's compound. Two of them, Khaled Mustafa Qurmo, 27, and Khaled Abdel Majid Qurmo, 30, were killed.
Barakat, the sole survivor, says the two other men in the van were driving him home from the olive press when they came under attack without warning. The airstrikes blew off his right hand and severely impaired his left hand, leaving him without work to support his wife and five children. He says that the U.S. never contacted him, and he seeks compensation.
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