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global1

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Sun Oct 27, 2019, 12:24 PM Oct 2019

Did He Say How Long The Military Was On The Ground At The Scene Of.....

this raid?

Just listened to Richard Engel and he indicated that the compound was destroyed and left in ruins after our forces left.

I'm curious as to how long were they on the ground? Trump indicated that they removed 11 children and some women and perhaps some other men (the ones that weren't killed) that were in the compound.

They supposedly chased aB into a one way cave with his three children - where he blew himself up.

They had to spend considerable time on the ground at the compound in order to make sure that they got everyone out; that they recovered sensitive documents; that they were able to do a field DNA test; etc.

Then they supposedly destroyed the compound as they left. I'm just wondering about the timeline. Was all this possible because as Trump described it there was some sense of speed with which the whole thing was initiated and culminated.

How were they sure that they got everyone out of the compound before they blew it up?

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Did He Say How Long The Military Was On The Ground At The Scene Of..... (Original Post) global1 Oct 2019 OP
well, he left the golf course several minutes after the raid began. Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #1
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