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(CNN) - The Pentagon on Wednesday released a recently declassified video and images of the bold two-hour raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which shows US forces firing small arms from multiple locations while their helicopters are They approached the complex.
The video of a drone at the top also shows the military approaching the property of al-Baghdadi and the airstrikes carried out by US F-15 fighters and Reaper MQ-9 drones that bombard the site a Once it was cleared.
The commander of the US Central Command, General Frank McKenzie, said that the DNA used to confirm Baghdadi's identity came from samples collected during his previous detention at Bucca Camp in Iraq.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi