Al-Baghdadi takedown catches Dems flat-footed, blunts criticism of Trump's Syria pullback
October 27, 2019 at 16:46 PM EDT
President Trump's successful operation to take out Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sent Democrats scrambling on Sunday, as several top party leaders had complained publicly in recent days that the White House had no "real plan" to combat the terror group following the U.S. pullout in Syria.