Erdogan: Turkey arrested slain ISIS leader Baghdadi’s wife, other relatives
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Turkey's president on Wednesday announced the country's forces had captured multiple relatives of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, including one of the terrorist's wives – but he also used the occasion to needle the United States for making "a fuss" about the mission that resulted in the most-wanted militant's death.
During a speech in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the arrest of one of Baghdadi's wives and confirmed previous reports that the terrorist's sister and brother-in-law had also been taken into custody by Turkey.
Turkish officials said they took Baghdadi’s older sister, Rasmiya Awad, into custody on Monday.
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Erdogan didn't provide any other details about the detainees. But he did appear to take a shot at U.S. leaders, noting Turkey "didn't make a fuss" after capturing the trio.
"The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this," Erdogan said Wednesday. "But, I am announcing it here for the first time: We captured his wife and didn't make a fuss like them. Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother in law in Syria."
Baghdadi was killed in Syria in late October in a raid carried out by U.S. troops.