What’s On Politics. International community lauds the US for the death of ISIS chief
"Saudi Arabia lauded the US for destroying the ISIS founder, which it accused of “distort[ing] the image of Islam.”
“The Saudi government appreciates the great efforts of the US administration in pursuing the members of this dangerous terrorist organization, which distorted the true image of Islam and Muslims around the world and committed atrocities and crimes that contradict the most basic human values in many countries including the Kingdom,” the official Saudi Press Agency said in a statement.
"Southeast Asian countries Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, home to some of the most organized ISIS-linked fighters, also welcomed the news but expressed worry that the death of al-Baghdadi will ignite rebellion among his followers.
"Back home, the success of the operation also drew cheers." . . .
Schiff, Pelosi: We we’re not informed about the operation
"But his staunch critics in the House of Representatives didn’t seem fully pleased. And they actually found a way to share the spotlight.
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff decried how they were not informed before Pres. Trump gave a go-signal for the al-Baghdadi operation.
“ 'My understanding [Pelosi] wasn’t [told],” Schiff told ABC’s “This Week”. Although he also agreed that the death of the terrorist leader is a “good riddance.”
“ 'The reason for notifying the Gang of Eight is frankly more important when things go wrong … had this [operation] escalated, had something gone wrong, had we gotten into a firefight with Russians, it’s to their advantage to be able to say that ‘we informed Congress we were going in. They were aware of the risks, we at least gave them the chance to provide feedback’ that wasn’t done here. I think that’s a mistake,” Schiff said.
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