The US special forces raid targeting jihadist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named for Kayla Mueller, a young aid worker who was one of several Americans killed while being held by the Islamic State group.
Mueller was kidnapped in 2013 in northern Syria during a visit to a hospital. US officials confirmed her death in 2015.
Her father, Carl Mueller, said it had been “a roller coaster of emotions” waiting for President Donald Trump to announce the demise of the man responsible for his daughter’s death.
The 26-year-old aid worker was a “beautiful young woman” who died while trying to “help people,” Trump said during a news conference announcing the death of the jihadist leader.
“He kept her in captivity for a long period of time. He kept her in captivity, his personal captivity,” said Trump.
The White House later announced that the operation to capture or kill Baghdadi had been named in her honor.
Source: Guardian Newspaper.
