Trump claimed the US ‘foolishly released’ hundreds of terrorists — here’s how ISIS’s leader got out of Iraqi jail

REUTERS/Leah Millis In President Trump’s 2018 State of the Union Address, he mentioned that the US military captured Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi but released him. This may have been a surprise to many watching. “We have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield — including the ISIS […]