The counter claim by ISIL will be that it was a late night wedding Party.  This report is almost too good to be true.  al baghdadi, the top leaders of ISIL, 30 of their field commanders, and 300 of their terrorist fighters killed together.  If true, this will be regarded as one of the most devastating blows toward any terrorist organization or fighting force in recorded history.  The killing of basically the entire leadership structure of ISIL.  ISIL will have flaunted one of the basic but critical rules of war which is not to accumulate all the top leaders together in one location at the same time.  This would be amusing if ISIL was not responsible for the worst cases of heinous mass murder in recorded history.

Congratulations to the Russians who planned and executed this operation.  One of the finest of all time.